Impaired driver flees ditch near Wardensville, Wardensville WV


A driver in a black Ford with a camper top was found stuck in a ditch near Wardensville after multiple attempts to get out. The driver appeared impaired and then fled the scene at high speed. The vehicle was last seen heading out of Wardensville near Marina's Pizza, and authorities in Hampshire County and Virginia were notified.
Audio|Source: Hardy County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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All Hardy County, and it's Wharton'sville area, Bolo for a black Ford of tamper top.
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Just coming into Wardensville off the corridor,
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caller reporting possible signal-9 driver,
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28 similar to Gulf Charlie Romeo (number withheld), that's for which state.
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Time of below 2029. All units acknowledge.
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All copy.
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234 County, 10-4[1].
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Two, three, four, two, one, four, ten, four.
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It's call initiated as a caller found him in a ditch at the end of the corridor.
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She advised,
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after multiple attempts, he didn't manage to extricate himself from the ditch.
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He then took off, she advised, seems impaired, high rates of speed.
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I mean, does she have any idea which direction he went and boarded and took?
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I was on the phone, they were still behind him as he was passing Marina's pizza.
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They were going to pass it down to Hampshire County and Virginia counterparts.
Police codes explained
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10-4: Acknowledgment / Message received
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