911 Transcript: 'And There’s Somebody Out There Screaming'

Here is the transcript of calls to 911 Thursday morning as passersby reported a car overturned in a St. Louis Park holding pond, as released Friday by police. Multiple calls are spliced together in the transcript. 

911 Operator: 911?

Caller 1: Hi, um, there’s a...there’s a woman screaming. I...I’m not sure where she is. It sounds like she’s up somewhere....

911 Operator: Outside?

Caller 1: Near the on ramp to Highway 100, um....

911 Operator: 911.

Caller 1: Towards off of, um,

Caller 2: Hey, yeah, I live in St Louis Park...

Caller 1: Highway 7 and

Caller 2: I just home from dropping my fiancée off and....

Caller 1: The holding pond.

911 Operator: It’s on the interstate...

911 Operator: OK, like a car taking off or something? 

Caller 2: Of, um, 100, merging from 7...

Caller 1: You know its dark over there I just can’t ___

Caller 2: And there’s somebody out there screaming

911 Operator: OK somewhere over the ramp...the ramp...

Caller 2: Like it sounds like a _____ and is screaming for help...

911 Operator: Highway 100 and Highway 7.

Caller 2: And....

911 Operator: OK, northbound, southbound?

Caller 2: There’s something like scary over there, um...

911 Operator:  ____ squads over there, thank you.

911 Operator: What direction?

Caller 2: Northbound Highway 100 off of the merging lane from 7.

911 Operator: 911.

Caller 3: 911, yeah, uh, I’m at the...

911 Operator: OK from 7 to northbound 100?

Caller 3: I’m at the on ramp

Caller 2: Yeah and it...it’s really scary.

Caller 3: Of Highway 100 for 7 and there’s a car

911 Operator: _____.

Caller 2: OK, great.

911 Operator: OK thank you.

911 Operator: Are you talking about northbound 100 about the car off the road?

Caller 3:  It’s in the pond, ma’am. You can’t even see the...

911 Operator: I know, yep, we’re on the....