High speed pursuit of dark gray SUV on I-40 in Arkansas, Mulberry AR
Police are pursuing a dark gray Mercedes SUV eastbound on Interstate 40 at speeds over 130 miles per hour near Mulberry, Arkansas. The vehicle has a broken window and possibly New Hampshire license plates. The driver is passing vehicles dangerously and the pursuit is ongoing.
Audio|Source: River Valley Public Safety
08:15
Transcript:
00:00
Okay, I'm following, yeah, we're getting close to a seven.
00:07
Do you have a vehicle description to come in?
00:15
Stand for a break, Fort Smith-Sadhaughton-20.
00:20
Good.
00:22
I have you, Melissa Fincher.
00:24
Do you want me to transfer it to you?
00:27
Yeah, good.
00:33
I can turn around and head down that way.
00:37
Yeah, it's rolling.
00:42
It's a Mercedes or something like that.
00:45
It's getting at 130 plus.
00:51
104, I'll try to turn around and get set up.
00:56
When we're doing.
00:58
No doubt about stepping to clevering.
01:01
10-4[1].
01:04
It's going to be an SUV with a broken window, possibly a New Hampshire tag,
01:20
or Mercedes.
01:23
10-4[1]00-000-7 get down.
01:27
10-4[1]. Yeah, we're coming up on the 9 now, but it's pretty far up from 8.
01:42
34-4 should I come up to the 8.
01:47
10-4[1].
01:51
My last time he was passing a tractor trailer on the right shoulder.
01:57
Coming up on the 11.
02:00
11 passing tractor trailer on shoulder.
02:10
Sebastian 20, I'm coming in you now.
02:23
Yeah, I think I see him up at the 13, but he is running off from us.
02:28
Probably 150.
02:33
13 eastbound.
02:42
Do we have a caller of the vehicles by chance?
02:49
The dark ray, I'm getting slowed down a bunch of trucks merging air together at the exit.
02:58
Samhorse. It's only one to one I'll be set up here at the 30 if he's going that fast.
03:08
It should be here pretty quick.
03:11
Oh yeah, it'll be there quick.
03:15
If you get on the shoulder,
03:18
kind of be rolling here in a few minutes,
03:20
start easing out or whatever.
03:24
And it's bound to run out of gas as hard as it's going.
03:30
Ten-four, Fort Smith and you haven't advised, Troop Jay.
03:35
Ten-four, we're advising now.
03:39
Like a dark gray hatchback with a New Hampshire tag, greenish tag.
03:46
I think it was a Mercedes, but it went finally extremely fast.
03:50
10-4[1], dark gray hashback, possibly Mercedes, New Hampshire tag.
04:03
I don't have a lot anymore.
04:05
I'm just trying to see if I can make up some ground.
04:09
There's little traffic in front of me.
04:11
I got floored by those trucks.
04:18
Central for the Sun Traffic.
04:21
Good.
04:23
Signature 32922 with Arkansas Union Sam, Adam,
04:27
Nora, Tom, William Adam, U.S.A-N-T-W-A-A-U-S-A-N-T-W-A.
04:30
Displayed on a 4-P-P-S-P-S.
04:37
Demo.
04:42
So, 36.
04:45
10, 4.21, where are you set up?
04:50
30.
04:51
104.
04:57
I'm coming up on 19 or 20, just let me know if you get any calls from citizens.
05:05
He was driving like a maniac, surely somebody will call in on him.
05:08
Let us know an update where he's at.
05:10
I'm passing an 18 extra.
05:13
Ten four.
05:16
Mulberry is offering to set up spikes as they can get up there.
05:24
I don't know whether they'd get a hardcover, but if they can do that, they'd better hurry, otherwise they don't need to.
05:31
Stand for.
05:37
Yeah, he's probably two or three miles in front of me if he's still in front of me if he didn't take an exit, but I don't think, I think he was already passed with both teams.
05:50
24 Swift,
05:52
Ricker just called me.
05:53
He said he's still on the interstate eastbound, going towards Mulberry.
05:57
10-4[1], still on the interstate eastbound toward Mulberry.
06:03
Forksman, if you may contact in Franklin County, I was arguing to see if they got Sprocks and get set up there at 35 or 37.
06:10
10-4[1], we're working on it.
06:19
Sebastian 9-108 citation.
06:23
Several. All right.
06:30
All right, four, Smith, me at 30, we'll take the exit at 64,
06:36
shifting crazy, got off.
06:40
Several.
06:44
If it was a small compact black SUV, they said they were still eastbound in 100 plus when they seen it just passed Elma.
06:54
Several.
07:03
I'm coming up on a 24.
07:06
I've done. I can't see.
07:15
All trucks in the way.
07:24
We're about at 2030.
07:28
10-4[1]23. 7-423.
07:40
Negative, there are 23 eastbound.
07:49
I've been watching the camera system.
07:51
He just passed the Mulberry camera.
07:53
Still, eastbound 40.
07:55
10-4[1]-24 eastbound, still.
07:58
How did eastbound on my 40?
08:01
A little bit delaying that, so we should be catching up soon.
08:11
Yeah, I just passed the 24.
08:13
Hopefully they're not talking about me.
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