Red Dodge Charger fled police, crashed near High St, Columbus OH


A red Dodge Charger with a California license plate fled from police and led officers on a high-speed pursuit. The driver lost control and crashed near High Street and route 104. Several occupants fled the vehicle and attempted to hide in a nearby residential area south of 104. Officers tracked their movements through backyards and wooded areas as the suspects tried to evade capture.
Audio|Source: Columbus Police Dispatch - Citywide
07:16
Transcript:
00:00
For L5, we need... Ready to turn into the Marathon at Reiki and Quitaine Quitrite.
00:10
Something looks like maybe not taken off.
00:16
I think it looks like maybe not taken off. Prevent your eye guy.
00:20
Nothing.
00:25
Take it off of the officer here.
00:33
Yeah, he's a curve,
00:35
uh,
00:36
basically that's first here on toward right road.
00:40
He's around the second curve.
00:46
And he's still foul-fow.
00:53
See back there, I can't get that section.
00:58
Copy.
01:03
Second car back at the top.
01:06
He's going to go westbound.
01:10
Yeah,
01:13
he's on the finger right-hand turn.
01:16
He's continuing past watching for us.
01:31
For rights, okay.
01:34
Hi, copy.
01:39
I'll get you screen here just a second.
01:46
Looks like Brunswick or Berwick, he's only backing to the court.
01:52
He's backing up into a parking space.
01:57
That's a dead end.
02:00
He parked it. We've got several people getting out of it. The driver, he opens the door and closes.
02:09
Somebody got out of the pack.
02:11
And now he's pulling out. Pruisers, two they left.
02:14
Go straight.
02:15
Now he's coming out to you.
02:16
Right there.
02:18
93 is going to come right out to you.
02:25
And he's maneuvered his way back out to Westchester Pike through the cruiser. She's going to get to work now.
02:37
Okay, so you're required then.
02:42
2-3 , thanks, 24.
02:45
He's going to go to west side 104.
02:56
4.
02:58
Hi, sir.
03:01
Every person code 1[1], that is 34.
03:08
Location twice, female (race withheld) light skin, multicolored dress came outside and slapped a female (race withheld) in the face, female (race withheld) is still standing in front of here, arguing with the wife.
03:25
Anchor 118.
03:27
Hey,
03:28
we're clear code two. Chopper's got the F-45. It's westbound 104 at us today. We're going to be heading there.
03:34
Copy.
03:40
Go ahead, John Burr. One-45 West Nilever 1-04.
03:45
It's going to be a Red Challenger, we didn't have California play on it.
03:54
Copy.
03:57
That's great, yeah, it's going to be a charger, actually.
04:03
And uh, passing, uh,
04:07
approaching lock, acting over top of Lockwood Road, uh,
04:10
left down.
04:11
Uh,
04:16
taken off those two, uh, multiple times.
04:19
Uh,
04:23
still left down.
04:24
Overgroup, I have a drift for those.
04:28
S-20 to channel 5 the tag on that is a California tag.
04:32
Adam Zebra Zebraebra, King Ida,
04:36
King Robert.
04:39
He just uh just did that port. He lost control right before High Street, my 104.
04:47
Driver Pail is going to be, it looks like maybe a male wife that's got a shorts on, black shirt,
04:54
passenger looks like white,
04:57
pants, red shirt. They're jumping the media southbound.
05:05
I'm going to stay with the driver.
05:07
The car's in the road on 104 just before High Street.
05:14
They're working their way south down.
05:17
Okay, it looks like we've got one female and blonde hair.
05:21
There's a third person with them.
05:28
South 8th is where they're at, except to the dead end of 104.
05:34
They're on the south side of the freeway.
05:39
15 and got away. What is this?
05:42
Correction is going to be South Fifth.
05:45
They're hiding down here in the brush.
05:49
That's 65. Just run the cars in, get the VASP, please.
05:53
White team, we're falling out here.
05:56
Okay, I've got it in the backyard of a house. It's going to be a white house.
06:00
They're working there way around through the front.
06:05
Coburn, they north or south of 104?
06:09
They're south of 104 in the back yard of a house right by the freeway here.
06:20
Two.
06:22
Three females that met up. There's a male. Go down in there, officers, right down in there. You're at the backyard of the house.
06:30
The females are working their way to the west.
06:35
The male, I believe, is in the backyard of this house right almost in front of you.
06:40
He is. He's running now. He's running westbound.
06:44
Well 18, get you into that neighborhood south. We're trying to get through these woods. We can't get through it.
06:52
They're going to be off the Fawn dorm. There's a business here. They're working their way behind a business.
07:05
Yeah, it looks like the females are walking through the west.
07:08
The male's down in here somewhere.
07:10
He hasn't showed up yet. He's around behind this business.
07:13
All right at one of these backyards right at the corner of the business.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
code 1: Non-emergency response (routine, no lights/sirens)
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Near S High St, Columbus, OH 43215
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