Police chase stolen dark truck on I-55 at high speed, Franklin County MO


Police are pursuing a stolen dark truck driving southbound on I-55 at about 70 mph with no lights. The vehicle is a blue 2020 Jeep Renegade with Illinois plates and has front-end damage. It was stolen within the last hour near Butler Hill Road in St. Louis County.
Audio|Source: Missouri State Highway Patrol - Troop C
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Transcript:
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Got one with no lights,
00:02
1312 southbound on 55, should be approaching Merrimack Bottoms. Are you too far north?
00:14
No.
00:19
Okay.
00:26
Zero lights on.
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Dark truck.
00:32
Does have a single headlight, I guess.
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No tail lights.
00:41
Copy. And what road were you at?
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I'm at Limburg, probably about five, six miles north.
00:52
Okay.
00:56
We'll kind of stick with it here for just a second, but these speeds are 70,
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still southbound.
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Where speeds open up to speed limit's about 70 at that area.
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Okay.
01:19
6.5-22044, you're speaking.
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Put him now at Richardson.
01:32
And for.
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agency's running south St. Louis County.
01:36
It's a stolen vehicle from near Butler Hill Road, the Hardys.
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Taken was a blue 2020 Jeep Renegade, airing Illinois plate, David X-ray (number withheld).
01:57
The vehicle has lower front end damage on the driver's side of the vehicle.
02:00
It was taken within the last hour.
02:03
We're still in the vehicle out of St. Louis County.
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Franklin County, MO
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