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Red vehicle found off highway with driver absentBenton County TN

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Hwy 70 W, Tennessee 38320

A red vehicle was found off the side of Hwy 70 with no one inside. The registered owner has an active warrant from Wisconsin and is listed on a sex offender registry. Witnesses reported a man and woman exited the vehicle and walked along Hwy 70 toward Jackson. The incident involved a hit-and-run and temporarily blocked a traffic lane before the interstate was cleared.

Audio|Source: Tennessee Highway Patrol District 8
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Transcript:
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8837, the only thing I'm saying is one red vehicle off the side of the roadway.
00:07
104.
00:09
8837, 10.2837. 10.8.3837. 2837.
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8837.
00:21
Tennessee 28562 Bravo Papa Keelow Fox Trot For that shows in 07 and 4 maroonic car
00:35
104 and there is no one around the vehicle
00:42
T and 37
00:49
Okay, there were several hits on the registered owner of that vehicle.
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chose one out of Wisconsin that would be full extradition.
00:59
The others are showing that he's on the registry.
01:05
Okay, 4'10, now I'm at first part of there.
01:14
The registered owner of that vehicle is showing an active warrant out of Wisconsin.
01:20
There are other entries indicating that he is on the 6th offender registry.
01:29
104. Give me the next schedule 1048 class death or not.
01:34
104.
01:38
1040. See it, 37.
01:46
3.7.
01:48
Walking over to near Hwy 70, an individual is waving me down, possibly with us.
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Okay.
02:06
3816. 1816. 1816.
02:14
1097 lane one is going to be blocked and we'll see if I can't get these moved to the exit.
02:20
P.D. 16 and 4.
02:28
I believe the MS is responding let me know if they're still needed.
02:33
8837.
02:35
8837.
02:39
I was advised that a man and a woman got out of the vehicle and started walking on Hwy 70 towards Jackson.
02:47
Further any description?
02:55
1050, he just said man and woman.
02:59
10.4.
03:01
I'm walking back over there just thinking I'll grab the description.
03:06
Okay boy.
03:11
Provid, it's going to be here 1048.
03:16
Okay.
03:18
Okay.
03:22
Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay.
03:28
Thank.
03:31
Is that crash before or after the bigger round?
03:37
Just before, it's going to be able to be moved. I'm going to have him move to the exit. I'm going to be escorting him up there.
03:48
We'll even clear the intersection, or the interstate.
03:52
Can't go ahead down there.
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1050, once we get off this, we'll be good to go.
04:09
It appears it's going to be a 1053 hitting run dispatch.
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88. 886.
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We're now off interstate, interstate's open.

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