Red car flees, crashes; male driver escapes on foot, Madison County IL


Police chased a red Ford Focus that fled at high speed on Old Alton Road near I-270. The car crashed, and the male driver ran on foot into a nearby wooded area. A female passenger was caught. Police are searching for the male suspect wearing a gray hoodie.
Audio|Source: Alton Police, Fire, EMS and Public Works
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Transcript:
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NEML per hour, LMI 25 South Arm approaching Gateway Commerce, LNI 55,
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South on approaching Gateway Commerce, and the use in the area of rise.
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We advise they will have Coptics, I270 at Old Alton Road, I270 Ovalt-Alton Road, if the vehicle comes that way.
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from Illinois 2591 mile per hour.
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The Spot approaches the construction zone 85 mile per hour.
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Can I get a vehicle description again?
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The county is a Redport Focus, Redport Focus, Missouri.
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Robert Kekine 8 or Robert A.D.
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Victor. Missouri, a Robert K.
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King 8 or Robert A.D.
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Victor.
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Towards Illinois 3.
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6, positive 6.
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6, positive 6.
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7.
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7.
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17.
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This 3rd 43.
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I'm pretty far behind, and I'm starting you following that way and Jake can stop.
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85s in it as well Okay,
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40 miles per hour, 40 mile per hour, what's your location?
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to a stop.
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IHC70 West on exit 3.
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IHC7W on exit 3, any of the area advice.
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Greyhurt, blackmail, gray hurry.
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This is en route, Illinois 3 southbound.
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The suspect has foot bale, male black-gray heading, male black-gray heading, and even it's in the area of viz.
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Just mentioned it clear for one hit this way, got to foot bail from the driver.
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Oh, one, you're good.
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You start heading that way.
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Yeah, I heard it.
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I was already around.
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Thanks.
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That's where one.
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Unknown if there's anyone else at large at this time.
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This gave one description for one suspect.
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Probably.
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...divist driver flooding into the woodland.
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That's the...
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...arems a unknown direction into a woodline.
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I mean... Good.
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So,
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black, male, gray hoodie still at large or not who you had in custody.
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No, we have a female in custody, the driver, the black male, fled on foot across the highway, possibly in the wooded mine.
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Blackmail gray hoodies still a lot more across the highway, on foot, Walton PDs, and Rout they've got a canine.
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Sam, 4, I believe there might be a Madison County canine on seeing unclear at this time.
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So we can get some units on the eastbound on-ramp for a perimeter.
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He's somewhere between the highway and the on-ramp right now.
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Just confirm that's 270 at 3, correct? So you guys still in the area of 2.3.
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We're at three, the only route three.
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