Abandoned crash vehicle found on County Road 128

Heard on: Chaffee County Public Safety

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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The hit and run vehicle is at (number withheld) County Road 128.

00:06

It's license plate (number withheld).

00:09

Evidently it's been abandoned.

00:11

The ignition was out of it.

00:13

It has been crashed.

00:14

It was not there last night and she said it's parked at the gate.

00:23

You said that's the vehicle that caused the crash at Walmart?

00:29

That's what it sounds like.

00:34

Okay, can you advise why?

00:38

Yeah, I was going to say SA5, did you copy direct?

00:43

I did not. I'm walking out of Walmart right now.

00:47

It sounds like the run vehicle is at (number withheld) County Road 128.

00:54

Ignition is out of it.

00:55

It has been crashed.

00:57

License plate of (number withheld) comes back clear.

01:02

On a silver BMW 530 sedan, listening to a (name withheld) out of Cedar Ridge.

01:12

Okay, can you put all that information in the call list for me, please?

01:17

We'll do it, 914.

9/7/2026 08:10 AM

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Co Rd 128, Salida, CO 81201

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, officers investigated a suspected hit-and-run vehicle found abandoned near County Road 128. The silver BMW sedan had been previously crashed and its ignition reportedly removed. The vehicle may have been the one involved in a prior crash at a nearby Walmart.