Unoccupied vehicle found running off northbound I-5, Skagit County WA

Traffic

Reported: 10/8/2025 04:01 AM

I-5, Washington

A vehicle was found off the right shoulder of northbound I-5 near milepost 221. The engine was running, but the vehicle was unoccupied and showed no visible damage.

Audio|Source: Skagit County Police and Fire

04:28

Transcript:

00:00

This is 4. Port of a single vehicle off the roadway.

00:03

Northbound I-5 just south of milepost 221.

00:07

2019 will be a mid-19.

00:15

Battery 26, Cascade.

00:26

See that out of the call.

00:38

That was just a mic click.

00:54

Okay,

00:55

communication, man,

00:57

seek another alarm at further alarm, sir.

01:01

Zero positive. Same zone.

01:04

If you can notify the alarm company that we will not be responding,

01:08

the fault alarm,

01:10

we can clear the call.

01:21

Ah, 4-3.

01:28

Catsgate 317.

01:32

317.

01:33

Seagin-Sov-317 on Route 4.

01:38

Jumping Route 0405.

01:44

No, we'll be out of investigating.

01:50

040.

01:51

9026, Couscade.

01:57

Cowskate is from a battalion, sir.

02:01

Battalion, is this?

02:04

It was between 221 and 218.

02:22

Northbound I-5, just south of 221, single vehicle off the right shoulder.

02:34

Okay.

02:38

Cascade and volume from 119 at Cascade.

02:43

Vehicle is going to be just north of 221.

02:48

Copy vehicle is going to be just north of 221.

02:51

Break battalion 3G company.

02:59

0407. Cascade and T also by Stay We just get on southbound out 221.

03:05

We'll advise.

03:06

0407.

03:17

Access is going to be from I-5.

03:20

I'll be out investigating.

03:22

Vehicles on all fours, and it does not appear to be occupied at the time.

03:29

Copy, single-gates off the roadway from the northbound side of I-5, along to the canal on all fours.

03:36

Here to be on offside of the time, 0409.

03:46

Okay.

03:52

All right.

04:01

Okay,

04:05

update, 0411.

04:12

Cascade 119.

04:18

119. A device seat, vehicle still running vehicles that are not occupied.

04:22

We're unable to locate.

04:24

We're going to take a look around here real quick.

04:26

There's also no damage to the vehicle.

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