Black Chevy drives erratically near Caldwell and Dryden, Ithaca NY

Traffic

Reported: 09/18/2025 11:03 AM (PDT)

Near Tuber Dr, Ithaca, NY 14853

A black Chevy car was seen driving erratically near the intersection of Caldwell and Dryden roads. The vehicle's unsafe movements raised concerns about a possible accident. Police were asked to monitor the car as it continued driving in an unsafe manner near Tuber Drive and Caldwell.

Audio|Source: Cornell University Police, EMS, and EHS Dispatch

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Transcript:

00:00

Cornel 2466.

00:02

2466. I have a flat, Chevy car making erratic motions.

00:09

I followed them down Pine Tree, and it looks like they're going to cause an accident with the amount of king and erratic movements that are making a vehicle.

00:17

Can you send law over to...

00:22

Caldwell Road.

00:23

Receive an intersection of Caldwell and Dryden for a black vehicle.

00:26

Are they still on the road or turning one? I just turned on to Tuber Drive.

00:33

Town, four.

00:38

All five, six, or four-forty.

00:40

40.

00:46

Forty, have you checked the area, Caldwell and Tuber Drive over by Leeland Lab? Got a call from VHNS by the radio, Black Chevy that was driving erratically.

00:57

They're concerned for the driver.

00:59

Again, that's Caldwell and Tuber Drive by Leeland Lab.

01:03

Mark.

01:04

Is that a small black vehicle, that might be the hole, possibly.

01:09

She seemed a little odd.

01:11

4-0-466. Go ahead.

01:18

I can copy his transmission.

01:26

Is that plate number? I get a flight number or no?

01:30

666. A small black Chevy? Was that correct?

01:35

Correct. They're getting ready to turn left onto Caldwell, that's back towards 366.

01:40

10-4[1]. Do you have any plate at all? I'm attempting to get it.

01:44

There's a vehicle in the business.

01:47

They are currently turning down the power, so...

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10-4: Acknowledgement / Message received

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Black Chevy drives erratically near Caldwell and Dryden, Ithaca NY

A black Chevy car was seen driving erratically near the intersection of Caldwell and Dryden roads. The vehicle's unsafe movements raised concerns about a possible accident. Police were asked to monitor the car as it continued driving in an unsafe manner near Tuber Drive and Caldwell.

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