Confused driver travels wrong way on highway, police intervene, Columbiana County OH


An older driver was confused and drove the wrong way on US-11. Police coordinated to stop traffic and safely stop the vehicle to prevent accidents.
Audio|Source: Tri County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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21 Lisbon, I'll be three. I have a vehicle going.
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Signal 100[1] possibly.
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Location.
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11 southbound at the 14.
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The older gentleman, he's gone.
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Signal 100[1] down 11 right now.
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County O. 45, kind of.
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Okay.
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Forty-five, I'm okay. Did the caller want to speak to me?
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Uh, 21, I'm gonna try and stop traffic headed your way.
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Negative.
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Okay.
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I tried to advise him to get into the right lane. He seems very confused.
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How with him?
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Okay, copy.
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I'm gonna be clearing here shortly.
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County 45.
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Go ahead. Okay, yeah, he's very single 100.
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Right, I believe he's pretty confused on where he's at.
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I'm going to get ahead and stop traffic.
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We're trying to get in front of him and stop him.
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East Liverpool PD is requesting if you can go to 1-4-4-47, stay route 45.
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One-4-4-47 stay route 45.
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Felicia Kelsey did not show up for midnight shift unlike her, not answering your 19.
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Okay, copy, I'll be right.
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I'm gonna get into the mile post 17, try to get in front of them there.
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2348.
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519, you're okay.
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I'm going to roadblock him probably. He can't be doing this. There's traffic coming southbound.
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We're going over the 154 bridge.
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Okay, which direction is he going?
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We're found in the southbound lane. I'm going to be trying to cut him off right now. Go ahead.
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Okay.
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I'm in front of him. I haven't stopped.
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Let me show me doing a transpart of a female to 2288 Robert's Journey.
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2288 Robert's Journey break for starting.
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21 to 42, do you need me to hold up traffic? I can do kind of a rolling roadblock here.
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150. I got somebody walking with a dog. We're just east of Orchard.
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Backwood's Orchard.
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Eighty-seven, I'm going to know.
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376-1-3.
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376.
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100-153. You recovered. Can you revise your beginning mile?
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21 to 42. I have traffic.
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Coming to a stop at the 17.
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We're going to be 5 to 12. It's with a white RAM full size, no visible RP.
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Yeah, 132 305, 132 305.
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Okay.
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Okay.
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Thank you. I got him.
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87-7-0.
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He's confused. He's going to be following me to the exit ramp from 11 southbound to 154.
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I copy. We're a second one.
Police codes explained
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Signal 100: Emergency traffic only; hold all routine radio traffic
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