Reckless delivery van crashes into Tesla and flees, Seattle WA


Police monitored a blue delivery van driving recklessly in Seattle that failed to stop and crashed into a Tesla before fleeing the scene.
Audio|Source: Seattle Downtown Law Enforcement
03:52
Transcript:
00:00
For 93, you copy the other day on your call. You can't copy. Thank you. Union 23, I believe I have it. It's heading south on Prospect. I'm not heading east on Highland. On Highland.
00:29
I'm a good distance away. Just passed 17. He sailed on Highland, passing 17.
00:40
Setting Westbound on Gailer from 18, I think he saw me, he's starting to speed up, I'm not pursuing.
00:47
Westbound on Gailer from 18, possibly speeding up, saw in his 22.
00:51
I made a soundbound turn on 15 at a high rate of speed, not on pursuit[1].
00:55
On 15 from Gailer, high rate of speed, not pursuing.
00:59
Charlie Lyman at Sullivan Gaylor, so I'm probably paralleling it.
01:03
George, yeah, it's still southbound on 15, passing other vehicles.
01:06
George C. Receive, still southbound on 15.
01:08
There's three, yeah, just past Braswick, still southbound.
01:11
We're following normal traffic patterns.
01:13
Gee George, George, give us some space since we have traffic.
01:15
Over here, he's stuck.
01:16
Collision of Lolo and 15th is scoring.
01:18
I just forgot he's going now west-down, eastbound, or west-down.
01:23
Westdown, Loha, from 15th?
01:24
He's going very slow.
01:25
He's got smoke coming out of the vehicle.
01:27
We're still falling at normal traffic patterns.
01:29
Charlie, one for your heads up.
01:30
I'm at 10 out of Easton O'Loha right now, so that might be in your down range.
01:33
Aloha, Southbound on federal?
01:35
Yeah, either federal or 11, whatever is directly east of 10 out east slash Broadway.
01:40
It'll be federal.
01:41
I'm trying to have eyes on that I'm currently heading southbound with 10th and east.
01:45
South down on 10 avenue east.
01:46
From Aloha.
01:47
Yes, sir.
01:48
That's having standby.
01:49
West Town on East Mercer or on Broadway.
01:51
Left Down, East Mercer from Broadway.
01:53
Gooder don't want to clarify, you're not in pursuit[1].
01:55
Yeah, my equipment is off.
01:57
I'm currently with normal traffic patterns, and I have lost eyes on the vehicle at Boylton.
02:04
Pursuing Toyota one last is on the vehicle at Boylton,
02:06
actually left down on East Mercer.
02:08
I believe it collided with a Tesla back at 15 in a low-aw.
02:13
Receive possibly collided with a Tesla 15 and Aloha.
02:16
Edward 08, that's a confirm.
02:17
I talk to the Tesla driver and I'll go back and talk to him when we're done trying to round up the van.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
pursuit: Police pursuit/failure to yield
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Location mentioned:
E Aloha St & 15th Ave E, Seattle, WA 98112
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