High speed police pursuit on I-40 in Amarillo, Amarillo TX


A white Buick is fleeing police at high speed on I-40 and Ross in Amarillo. The driver went into oncoming traffic and may have a disabled front left tire. The pursuit continued through southeast Amarillo, reaching speeds over 80 mph. The driver had been caught with a gun recently.
Audio|Source: Amarillo Police and Fire
02:19
Transcript:
00:00
2.81. We're in a 1080 with a white Buick. Driver of this vehicle is fleeing police at high speed on I-40 and Ross, currently going eastbound.
00:13
These are going to be 80 miles an hour. We're just onto the access road.
00:20
To adding one, we are coming up the intersection of I-40 and Ross,
00:25
suspect's going to be going northbound on Ross.
00:31
He just went over into oncoming traffic.
00:35
He may have disabled his front left tire. Again, the suspect vehicle is a white Buick and corrects on that, we're south down on Ross.
00:44
I'm just passing.
00:48
Sam's Club over here.
00:55
Still southbound on Ross, he's corrected back into regular lanes.
01:02
Again, his front left tire might be out coming up to the intersection of southeast 27th and OSH.
01:11
This is Ladder 7, you'll release our temperature.
01:17
700, I'm listening, what's your traffic conditions?
01:21
10% of 70s.
01:24
Currently we have moderate traffic that's opening up right here.
01:29
Now we're headed up to southeast 34, southbound on postage.
01:34
First three of this tag is going to be Texas.
01:37
(name withheld).
01:40
Again, the driver of this vehicle is (name withheld).
01:47
Parking in Perrault.
01:48
We did see dipping down towards the East Center console before he lit him up, so just heads up and he's been caught with a gun recently.
01:57
We just turned east down on southeast 33rd from South Coast H.
02:05
Still eastbound on 33rd, looks like he's going to turn north on Philadelphia.
02:11
He's currently about 35 miles an hour.
02:15
Still northbound on Philadelphia from 33rd, just passing wrong one.
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I-40, Amarillo, TX
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