Dark Lights Causing Crashes
Sat Oct 10, 2026 at 11:03 AM CT · PANAMA CITY · Bay County
Dark traffic lights are causing crashes in Panama City. Drivers flagged down officers around 11 AM near East Avenue and Business 98 to report the lights out and several small crashes in the area. Officers asked for a unit to come check the intersection.
With power still out in spots after the storm, treat every dark intersection as a four-way stop. Preliminary scanner traffic – not official reports.
What we know
- Reported: Sat Oct 10, 2026 at 11:03 AM CT
- Location: Business 98 & East Ave area, Panama City
- Community: PANAMA CITY
- Status: Preliminary – not an official report
Confirmed vs. not yet known
| HEARD ON DISPATCH | Dark traffic lights are causing crashes in Panama City. Drivers flagged down officers around 11 AM near East Avenue and Business 98 to report the lights out and several small crashes in the area. |
| PRELIMINARY | This comes from a short radio clip and has not been confirmed by an agency. |
| NOT KNOWN | Cause, citations and how long traffic was affected. |
Dispatch timeline
Call heard on Bay County Law Enforcement dispatch.
No further radio traffic about this call is in the clip we have. This page is updated if an agency releases more.
Source: Bay County Law Enforcement dispatch audio, auto-transcribed.
If you were involved in a crash
- Florida requires you to call law enforcement for a crash with an injury, a fatality, a hit-and-run, a DUI, or when a vehicle needs a wrecker.
- Crash reports are handled by the investigating agency and filed with the state. You can request yours from the Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles crash-report page.
Source: Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, flhsmv.gov/traffic-crash-reports
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