False crash alert on highway due to dropped phone, Codington County SD
TrafficAn automated 911 alert reported a severe crash on Highway 28 near Highway 81. Officers arrived and found no crash but a deer on the roadside. A man had stopped and retrieved an iPhone from the road. It was determined to be a dropped phone, not a crash.
Audio|Source: Codington County Public Safety
01:27
Transcript:
00:00
I just got an automated message on 911 saying the owner of an iPhone was on a severe crash.
00:05
It's mapping on Highway 28 just west of Highway 81. Did you see anything when you went by?
00:11
No, I did not. I will take another camera here, but I did not.
00:18
10-4[1].
00:25
5-2-2 all starts working my way there.
00:28
10-4[1].
00:33
When you say just west, are you talking like right on the west side of that intersection or like a mile out?
00:42
It's going to be between Highway 81 and 45369, Highway 28, right in the middle between there.
00:53
10-4[1]. I have a deer on the side of the road. I don't know if somebody hit that and kept going,
00:59
or if that's an old beer, but I'm looking here.
01:04
10-4[1]. It was an automated message from an iPhone,
01:08
and they couldn't get a hold of them.
01:14
10-4[1].
01:19
situation. A man just stopped his pickup, got out,
01:23
and picked his iPhone up off the side of the road.
01:25
This will be just a drop phone.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-4: Acknowledgement/OK
Disclaimer:
This transcript was automatically generated and may contain inaccuracies. Please verify the information independently.
Location mentioned:
US-81, South Dakota
This shows a Google Street View of the area near the location, which might not be the exact address.
Correct
Incorrect
