Man flees motorcycle crash on Morrill Causeway, Clearwater FL


Police are searching for a man who fled from a motorcycle crash on the Morrill Causeway. The man may have discarded his jacket to avoid being identified. Officers used a police dog in the search and found a backpack and sunglasses near a condo complex at the south end of Coachman Park. The suspect was last seen moving east from the crash site.
Audio|Source: Clearwater Police - East
04:18
Transcript:
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Sounding one. Ten more.
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Okay,
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one, we're by the slash pad.
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Ten more. Six one, they're challenging.
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They're code four. 2318.
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36.44.
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2318. Okay,
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once the Navy is reinst.
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We're not sure yet.
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104. Okay, (name withheld), can you get him to take that jacket off? We're looking for a pattern on a t-shirt that he'd be wearing.
00:21
Look similar to a motorcycle vest, but just a pattern on a t-shirt.
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All right, this is an older guy.
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He's got like a light color shirt on.
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It's an important to be a black t-shirt.
00:29
Negative, yeah, this is a gray colored shirt with no undershirt or anything.
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Okay, we're going to keep working this area.
00:33
Okay, one, we're continuing our search.
00:35
111, 117, code for.
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Hey, what a year guy that you got out with that was jogging or running? Was he wearing white shirt and black pants, blue shorts?
00:41
No, you got a black, long-sleeve shirt and some, uh,
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light, dark blue shorts and white sneakers.
00:46
All right. Okay, well, we're going to continue, uh, we're on the south side of the Park Flashpad area.
00:53
Okay, one, where did we get info from that he got picked up by a motorcycle?
00:56
Is that found in our future?
00:57
It's unconfirmed right now, K1.
00:58
We had several motorists approaching us as we were coming on scene and they were all saying different things in different directions.
01:04
All right. Eagle and Clearwater District 2 you request in our system.
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Hey Eagle, (name withheld) can on track now.
01:11
The motorcyclist crashed on the bridge,
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the Morrill Causeway. He fled eastbound.
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He tracked down to the very south end of Coachman Park area.
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And we're trying to work it out from here.
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Therefore, just keep in the felt.
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Okay,
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we found a backpack and some sunglasses.
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I don't know the name of this place.
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This condo complex, I think is known by Scientology at the south end of the park.
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It's probably not related either.
01:38
It looks like a transient bag.
01:39
Okay, well we're going to push east from where we are from the spiral.
01:45
Okay, okay, and we're going to push east.
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Location mentioned:
Coachman Park, 300 Cleveland St, Clearwater, FL 33756
This shows a Google Street View of the area near the location, which might not be the exact address.
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