Man found asleep in car with open beer containers, Florida Ridge FL


A man was found asleep in a red sedan stopped in the southbound lanes of U.S. Highway 1 near 9th Street Southwest. The vehicle was running with flashers on, and open beer containers were inside. The man appeared to be sleeping behind the wheel in the middle of the intersection.
Audio|Source: Indian River County Sheriff
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Transcript:
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12-03, traffic has a vehicle?
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12-03.
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900 block of U.S. Highway 1, South, 9th Street, Southwest, and U.S. Highway 1 south.
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On south, U.S. Highway 1 in the southbound lanes, there's a red sedan with the vehicle running blinkers on just sitting there.
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Call, I did not stop.
00:22
Have foreign ground.
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Okay, 630. 12-04, you can sign us, I think you can disregard. Control, 3,
00:35
copy, thank you.
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12-04, 10-9-7.
00:45
Okay, 631.
00:51
Copy 1020.
00:53
Okay, go ahead.
00:55
Kilo, Juliet, 209 Bravo, KJ209B on a red Chevy cruise.
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12-04-1065.
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Go ahead.
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Florida 28, Kelo Juliet, 209, Bravo. Champana 2011, Red, Chevy, Fordor, Register 2, (name withheld), out of Fort Pierce.
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Detail to chronic fares 3 of 2026, negative cleaning.
01:26
Sent 4, can roll me another unit. I got a male sleeping in the driver's seat in the middle of the intersection.
01:35
Hello on, 31.
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301. 308?
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12-03 change.
01:45
Hey Brady, do you want me to make contact with the vehicle? Do we think you're second one?
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When I get there, do you want me to make positive contact with the vehicle? Do we think you're second one?
01:59
Yeah, you can come in from the south side and make contact from the front of the vehicle. That way it doesn't roll away.
02:08
Looks like a slip on the brake still.
02:12
Stand for.
02:18
Slow for information, there's only 2 24 packs of beer on the front seat, half of them are gone.
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Okay, okay.
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