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Wrong-way driver on interstate possibly stopped in ditch, Macoupin County IL

Traffic

Reported: 11/18/2025 01:39 PM

Macoupin County, IL

A gold Mercury passenger car was reported driving the wrong way on I-270 in Macoupin County. The vehicle may be stopped in a ditch near milepost 14. Authorities have been dispatched to find the driver.

Audio|Source: Macoupin and Montgomery Counties Public Safety Dispatch

01:41

Transcript:

00:00

Troop 8, wrongway driver, I-270, westbound,

00:05

correction, I-270, eastbound found in the westbound lanes, and all-pos 14.

00:12

Isburn units, troop-8, wrong-way driver, I-270, eastbound in the westbound lanes,

00:18

Malpoz 14,

00:20

(number withheld),

00:22

gold,

00:24

mercury passenger car, gold, mercury passenger car.

00:31

Vehicle is now possibly stopped in a ditch any units in the area of five.

00:39

Driver eastbound in the westbound lanes or vice versa.

00:44

82 eastbound and the westbound lanes.

00:46

82 step four.

00:50

I just got on to 70 from 55.

00:54

I'll be posted up to see if they come by.

01:03

I'm ready to see our best notes.

01:05

Are they 1050?

01:07

882 possibly.

01:12

Simple. I'll be around for the area.

01:16

104.

01:21

882 at EMS and route.

01:26

812.

01:32

Yep yet, all for us 14.

01:38

Release 16, remaining in radio service.

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