C5 vs pole...Pole wins
Jacks996
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From: eagle mountain lake tx
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Okay, here goes....
When I arrived on scene I immediately recognized the car...I had met the 20-something owner (I'll call him Dave) recently and invited him to join our local Corvette club. He had recently bought the car and it still had the "happy tag" (temporary license) on it..We had exchanged phone #s and I still had his cell phone number in my cell phone ID. Traffic units told me they had gone to Dave's registered address but he was not home. There was no regular phone listing for Dave. (Seems everyone under 30yoa these days only has a cell phone)
I remembered I still had Dave's cell# in my cell phone. I called the # and made contact. Dave told me he was on the way home from Denver (120 miles away) I asked him if he was in his Corvette. He tells me wasnt, that he swapped vehicles with a co-worker when they both got off work today as he needed the co-workers truck to go to Denver to haul some furinture back to Canon City. I give him the bad news about his Corvette....HE WAS NOT HAPPY!! He gives me the co-workers name, address and cell #. The co-worker lived about 3 miles from the crash-scene.
I then go to the co-workers address, an apartment complex, and make contact with him. It's after midnight, and it was apparent I had awoken him. I ask him about Dave's Corvette. He tells me it's in the parking lot. I ask him where the keys were. He tells me theyre on the kitchn table. I tell him to get them. He soon comes back and tells me theyre gone. He soon suspects his room-mate had taken the car. He tells me he had given his room-mate a ride in the car this evening, so the roommate knew he had the car, and knew where the keys were...Of course the roomate was not home.....He gives me the roomates name and description.
I leave the aprtment complex and head back to the crash scene with info for the traffic units...As Im driving I see a young fellow matching the description of the roomate walking my direction. I pull over to make contact, and the chase is on....I may be 50, but I can still catch a 23 year old...Course it helped that he was drunk...and I was in an Impala for most of it!!!
Anyway, I served him up to the traffic units on a silver platter....and they were most grateful....so was Dave!!
When I arrived on scene I immediately recognized the car...I had met the 20-something owner (I'll call him Dave) recently and invited him to join our local Corvette club. He had recently bought the car and it still had the "happy tag" (temporary license) on it..We had exchanged phone #s and I still had his cell phone number in my cell phone ID. Traffic units told me they had gone to Dave's registered address but he was not home. There was no regular phone listing for Dave. (Seems everyone under 30yoa these days only has a cell phone)
I remembered I still had Dave's cell# in my cell phone. I called the # and made contact. Dave told me he was on the way home from Denver (120 miles away) I asked him if he was in his Corvette. He tells me wasnt, that he swapped vehicles with a co-worker when they both got off work today as he needed the co-workers truck to go to Denver to haul some furinture back to Canon City. I give him the bad news about his Corvette....HE WAS NOT HAPPY!! He gives me the co-workers name, address and cell #. The co-worker lived about 3 miles from the crash-scene.
I then go to the co-workers address, an apartment complex, and make contact with him. It's after midnight, and it was apparent I had awoken him. I ask him about Dave's Corvette. He tells me it's in the parking lot. I ask him where the keys were. He tells me theyre on the kitchn table. I tell him to get them. He soon comes back and tells me theyre gone. He soon suspects his room-mate had taken the car. He tells me he had given his room-mate a ride in the car this evening, so the roommate knew he had the car, and knew where the keys were...Of course the roomate was not home.....He gives me the roomates name and description.
I leave the aprtment complex and head back to the crash scene with info for the traffic units...As Im driving I see a young fellow matching the description of the roomate walking my direction. I pull over to make contact, and the chase is on....I may be 50, but I can still catch a 23 year old...Course it helped that he was drunk...and I was in an Impala for most of it!!!
Anyway, I served him up to the traffic units on a silver platter....and they were most grateful....so was Dave!!
Great police work
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From: Canon City Co
St. Jude Donor '11,'13
"I voluntarily took 60 days off from OT"
Truth be known about two years ago that SAME pole and a drunk motorcyclist came together much the same way.....but from the opposite direction..The motorcyclist DID NOT walk away..he was DOA...in fact, the pole was severly damaged in that accident...more than the Vette damaged it..
Last edited by The NNIAL8R; Apr 25, 2008 at 11:33 PM.
Le Mans Master
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From: Belleville Il
Brings back memories,,Had a few dumb **** cases when I was a local (about 30 yrs ago) aaaa the good old days!! Good work let us know how it turns out. (Then again maybe we don't want to know) 
P.S. did you get my letter yet??
P.S. did you get my letter yet??
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Team Owner
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From: Canon City Co
St. Jude Donor '11,'13
"I voluntarily took 60 days off from OT"
Dan
Drifting
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From: Homer Glen IL
Truth be known about two years ago that SAME pole and a drunk motorcyclist came together much the same way.....but from the opposite direction..The motorcyclist DID NOT walk away..he was DOA...in fact, the pole was severly damaged in that accident...more than the Vette damaged it..
Burning Brakes
Joined: May 2006
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From: Houston TEXAS
What a piece of dirt. No respect for the machine he was driving, not forgetting the fact that it was someone else's. Hope he meets a big friendly guy in jail for destroying such a beautiful machine, and showing such blatant disregard for what someone else worked so hard for. Stay safe out there NNIAL8R 
Racer
Joined: Jul 2007
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From: Salt Lake City Utah
You got to be half 
to give your Corvette in the care of someone else! I have a hard enough time letting my wife drive much less anyone else. This was a bad decision in the first place, should have rented a U-Haul for the trip to Denver.
to give your Corvette in the care of someone else! I have a hard enough time letting my wife drive much less anyone else. This was a bad decision in the first place, should have rented a U-Haul for the trip to Denver.
Racer
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From: Edgewater Md.
The traffic guys called me to an accident scene the other night...Thought I'd get a kick out of this one since Im a Corvette lover...(that's me in the pic)....The driver had fled on foot before traffic units arrived on scene.......I got the last laugh though.....I found the driver before the traffic guys finished taking their measurements...and NO, the driver didnt own the car...(long story).[IMG]
[/IMG]Dan Samento
Canon City, Co
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From: Canon City Co
St. Jude Donor '11,'13
"I voluntarily took 60 days off from OT"
