Vehicle crashes into streetlight after fleeing at high speed, St. Petersburg FL
TrafficA vehicle fled at high speed southbound on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street, ran a red light, and crashed into a streetlight near 1st Ave N and 16th St N. The crash also damaged a one-way sign that needs reattaching.
Audio|Source: Pinellas County Sheriff and EMS, Clearwater / St. Petersburg Police
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We're just watching a car southbound on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Street South.
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We're traveling on a high rate of speed.
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Passing Highland Street now. Appears to be driving mobile,
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but we'll keep an eye on it and give you updates if they do anything further.
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Hi, six going southbound, MLK. What was that cross street?
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Pat, uh, going through Bayou, uh, coming up 45th, south. Yeah, picking it back up, high rate of speeds at number two-way. Uh,
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Lake Maggiore Boulevard South now.
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Okay, too.
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The one, do you have any charges?
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All right, just ran uh, red light, I believe, at Country Club and Dr. Martin Luther King Way.
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Still southbound on the Dr. Martin Luther King through 50th Ave, extremely high rate of speed through 52nd. I have a south down.
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The 52nd Ave. Coming up to 54.
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And it looks like they are making a right-hand eastbound turn on 5'4.
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Eastbound on 5'4. Eastbound on 5'4.
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Westbound 5'4.
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Cleeing the truck went up over the curb and hit a streetlight at the southwest corner of near 1st Ave N and 16th St N, right?
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They also took the one-way sign off of its pole, the pole is upright, so the sign needs reattached and the streetlights is leaning, but looks pretty secure for now. I'm not sure who you might have to call to let know.
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Location mentioned:
1st Ave N & 16th St N, St. Petersburg, FL 33705
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