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Driver flees scene after rear-end crash on US 41

Heard on: Charlotte County Sheriff and Punta Gorda Police
02:04
00:00
Four hundred and twenty-two central copy hit and run.
audio iconTraffic
S Tamiami Trl, Punta Gorda, FL 33955
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A driver in a light-colored sport utility vehicle rear-ended another vehicle near US 41 and Burnt Store Road and then continued driving south without stopping. The caller, driving a silver Subaru Outback, followed the fleeing vehicle from the area of the Flamingo Hotel on Tamiami Trail while reporting its movements to dispatch. Officers discussed the closest unit to respond and attempted to locate the suspect vehicle, which was described as moving erratically across the roadway. Dispatch instructed the caller to stop following, but the caller refused, and officers coordinated their response over the radio.

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