Walton Sheriff's Office Releases Video in Fatal Crash

Rickey Stokes

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Date: Sep 20 2018 12:05 PM

ACTUAL ENCOUNTER WITH VEHICLE AND CHASE BEGINS AT ABOUT 5:40 INTO VIDEO

Walton County, Fla. - The Walton County Sheriff’s Office released a 911 call and dashcam video from the night of August 31st prior to a fatal crash.

Walton County dispatch received a 911 call at 11:42 pm in regards to a drunk and disorderly person at AJ’s Grayton Beach, deputies wrote in a news release. The caller identified the subject as Dustin Dupree. The complainant told dispatchers Dupree has been arguing with customers inside the business and got physical with a security guard. The caller then stated Dupree got into a silver Dodge Durango with a white female and was attempting to leave when he ran over a parking curb, deputies wrote. 

Later, a Walton County Sheriff’s Office deputy pulled up to the intersection at County Road 283 and West County Highway 30a and spotted the suspect in the Dodge Durango traveling north in the wrong lane of traffic. Dashcam video shows the two vehicles meeting head-on at the intersection of 30a when the deputy turned on his lights signaling for a traffic stop, deputies wrote. 

The video shows Dupree attempting to get around the deputy’s vehicle, however, the deputy pulls to the left to prevent Dupree from fleeing, deputies wrote. In a second attempt, Dupree backs up and then enters the northbound lane of 283 and speeds around the deputy before disappearing out of view.

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