Vehicle crash blocks highway as suspect flees on foot, Alton IL


A vehicle accident involving a passenger car and a black truck is blocking Highway 61 Southbound near North Point Prairie Road. The suspect, a white male wearing a green hoodie and blue jeans, fled the scene on foot into a nearby wooded area. Police are searching for the suspect.
Audio|Source: Alton Police, Fire, EMS and Public Works
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Transcript:
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From St. Charles County, we have a report of a motor vehicle accident.
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Highway 61 Southbound on North Point Prairie Road, 61 Southbound North Point Prairie Road, unknown injuries, motor vehicle accident involving a passenger car and a black truck.
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They are blocking the roadway.
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We do not find any male and out for injuries.
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Any vehicle units are in the Bellet State, Illinois, and then roughly in that area of Maddoz County is fine with the subject, possible pays or deployment.
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We'll get it further when we get it.
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You're not coming through, but they're going to be on State Street just past Eugene, on State Street just past Eugene.
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Step 4.
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Car 2, are you in around?
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Provenile.
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Sounds like they were in a brief foot pursuit, awesome on Northdale.
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It's your description.
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Here's that.
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The description is going to be a white male of the maroon sweatshirt.
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White male.
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Is that out?
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It's going to be a white, male, green sweatshirt.
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King 2, I already told him you're in route if he's going to set up a track.
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He's going to be in the area of Northdale, three last song.
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Ten four, King 2 and Car 2 will go to Northdale.
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Car 2 will be my cover.
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Okay.
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We have someone else's new cover, I can get Air One Up.
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Let's just get the Northville so we have we'll deploy from there.
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David Ford is on the route if I could go to Northville.
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David Ford, what was the last on direction of travel?
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After Northdale, he doesn't know which way he went in the scenario to state in Northvale.
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Two and three in the area.
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Okay, four, let me know if you don't see County.
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Okay, well.
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We all the deputy.
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Go ahead. Go ahead. Car four.
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Go ahead. Go ahead.
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Available for a traffic crash.
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Washington, Edwards, on the contraven.
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At 104, I'm going to be coming from the west side.
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104.
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There you'll be up.
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to the other units on Northdale.
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Sounds like our suspect white male, green and heated hoodie, blue jeans, ran to the west in the wooded area to the north.
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Okay.
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No, just clear on your last traffic.
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Ten, four.
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Sorry, track.
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Good work.
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When you get onto that traffic crash, switch it citywide, we'll get you down there.
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Hold traffic for this track.
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