Vehicle with flat tires crashes on sidewalk and driver flees, Phoenix AZ


A vehicle with two flat front tires and no headlights was driven dangerously on McDowell Road. It ran red lights, drove in oncoming lanes, and crashed onto a sidewalk. The driver exited the vehicle but then got back in and tried to back toward officers inside an apartment complex.
Audio|Source: Phoenix Police
03:38
Transcript:
00:00
It's got two front flat tires and no headlights heading westbound on McDowell.
00:06
Pretty 510.
00:07
So where was it up?
00:09
And I think it's through 51st Avenue by now, 50% McDonnell, but it's got flat tires on the front making a bunch of noise really hard to miss.
00:17
Okay, do you want me to put you on a call? Here, you're four lower or not.
00:20
Tommy Morgan is 50% from McDonnell?
00:21
Hey, so on my goodness.
00:22
Four.
00:23
4-5-1[3] on McDell is that correct which direction I travel I think it's the old phone I'm good at 5-1 on McDowell right now Arizona 5 Tom Adam 2 George 0[4]
00:35
so far On its own accord just went through a red 50% McGill that's done
00:41
Are you? Do you see if they can keep on us
00:45
I suspended to a different time.
00:47
I'm pretty sure he's unaware of our presence so we can keep an eye on.
00:52
That's not five, ten, Frank, yeah, or anything.
00:53
We have a blared up.
00:54
It's my time for that. What is the area in the DCA?
00:56
Another minute.
00:57
Cover one out. He's coming up to 59, I'm all the way over at 55th, and he's starting to shoot some sparks from the front tires.
01:04
Can you check with the other 360 for missing a C1-Hand-a vehicle by chance? So far.
01:08
No,
01:09
please come back to this funding to Deshawn Pearson, 50-20 list butter, butter.
01:12
805 union[2], lots of course now.
01:15
How far out of the area?
01:16
Less than 1-0.
01:17
Okay, at this point we're going to call it 5'10 Frank[1].
01:20
He's in oncoming lanes and he just wrecked him to the sidewalk.
01:22
Again, he's unaware of our presence.
01:24
Thank you guys right now.
01:25
For you?
01:26
We're... 61st and McDonnell, he's, uh,
01:29
we're trying to line him to hold him over.
01:30
He's continuing to pull away into the apartment complex.
01:33
Southbound or north side?
01:34
Southbound into the complex, doors open.
01:35
Zero five unit driver's out the part of the corporate man copy driver out
01:41
driver out for it
01:43
driver's standing at the rear of the vehicle that car is now ranges packing up to the officers now
01:49
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Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
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5'10 Frank: Possible reference to a suspect or vehicle description
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805 union: Possible unit identifier
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4-5-1: Possible unit identifier
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Arizona 5 Tom Adam 2 George 0: License plate reference
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Location mentioned:
McDowell Rd & N 61st Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85035
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