Driver in gray vehicle hits car on I-40 and flees, Catawba NC


A driver in a gray vehicle struck another car on Interstate 40 near Catawba and fled the scene, creating a traffic hazard.
Audio|Source: Catawba County Sheriff, Conover and Newton Police Dispatch, NC Highway Patrol Troop F
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Transcript:
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546. He's apparently proven slow, but he's hit a car and he's still continuing about the 135.
00:05
Now I've got both lanes blocked.
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1040. Can you check to see if Claremont's available?
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Come to get some help.
00:17
How far are you from there?
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601 auto PD 135 East 540, 135 East 540.
00:30
It's going to be a silver, gray in color, forward with the hood up, has hit another individual while I was driving down 40, they were there on the own ramp.
00:51
Do it. Just 1014, we've been following this vehicle all the way through the county.
00:56
How have the couple have been trying to get out with it, but they're tired over the moment?
01:00
Cable. Okay, both.
01:07
Let's... No, no, go.
01:09
All right.
01:11
Just do the line.
01:27
4.423. ...threatening shoes tires out.
01:30
He exited to Silver Honda Civic.
01:33
The victim is a Silver Honda Civic.
01:35
The suspect is going to be a grade for escape.
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Location mentioned:
I-40, Catawba, NC
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