Reckless driver stopped on I-35 near Gainesville, Gainesville TX


Police pursued a black and gray Dodge Challenger recklessly driving northbound on I-35 near Gainesville. The vehicle weaved through traffic and nearly caused accidents. The driver pulled over on the shoulder near mile marker 500. Officers are attempting to confirm the vehicle's identity and make contact.
Audio|Source: Gainesville / Cooke County Public Safety
03:44
Transcript:
00:00
71060 and a DPS not be set up close to Warner.
00:07
Be a challenger or a charger of black and gray in color with gray stripes is going to northbound about to pass the McDonald's on I-35.
00:16
I'm able to maintain the traffic almost causing accidents.
00:25
Northbound 499.
00:31
I'm getting right ahead and get on the understead, trying to catch up.
00:38
I'm not at northbound South Hart and he's got on Travis.
00:44
Crazy, sorry.
00:50
Last thing, northbound, near the 498.
00:58
Yeah, we're going to go past the 500 right now.
01:06
I'm going to pass them on the low county.
01:10
Freezing.
01:15
We've got to call back from that caller. He advised that he's that suspect vehicle pull over to the side of the road in the shoulder just north of the 500.
01:28
Therefore, I just passed that I wasn't able to get turning and stopped on it.
01:33
I mean, try to get turned around.
01:39
You straightened up after you passed me, I'll be taken.
01:43
Crazy.
01:44
High 50, there's a charger sitting on the side of the road here, Silver Strikes at the, uh,
01:51
right there at the North, 372. It's got some hazards off.
01:59
Hey, well,
02:04
I was a Challenger, was it a Challenger, was it a Challenger or Charger?
02:09
This one's a Challenger.
02:11
Tanny, did they give a .8?
02:16
That's a negative, and they said Charger or Challenger.
02:23
Two-four. We'll stop both, then.
02:31
Two-four.
02:37
Got some tractor pipes?
02:39
Yeah,
02:41
I'm waiting to see if he'll take off again.
02:44
He was just sitting up there against the guardrail on top of that bridge.
02:51
Yeah, Borr, you must know that we're on to him.
02:56
County to GPS, GPD did advise that that's the reckless driver.
03:01
That caller watched them pull over.
03:06
Okay, tenfold.
03:08
Let's see if we can make contact.
03:12
Okay.
03:18
Still there, 50?
03:22
Yeah, he's sitting there with bonopress. Mm-hmm.
03:29
Pretty, pretty one this book?
03:32
Yeah, all right.
03:35
Can you advise County to let the trooper know that the car that we're looking for is going to be behind him to the south? Looks like to have the blinkers on now.
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Near W California St, Gainesville, TX 76240
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