Vehicle found in ditch with no driver near Sebasticook Bridge Rd, Benton ME
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TrafficA vehicle was found in a ditch near the intersection of Sebasticook Bridge Road and Unity Road causing a traffic backup. No driver was present initially, but the owners later returned. Traffic flow was restored.
Audio|Heard on: Kennebec, Somerset, and Waldo County Fire Departments
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02:42
Transcript:
00:00
I'm going to be out at the intersection of Sebasticook Bridge Road and Unity Road.
00:06
The vehicle,
00:08
off in the ditch, traffic backed up.
00:10
I'll be up investigating.
00:11
I'll get back to you.
00:15
And for all that, Kisona.
00:20
Well, I'm showing it as a white 11 Subaru and Preza.
00:24
It expires in 2027, registered to a (name withheld) out of Johnsbury, Vermont.
00:32
Acknowledged. There's no operator here with the vehicle that looks like people walked away.
00:40
I don't see any nearby.
00:43
Copy.
00:49
We are.
00:52
Copy again, so long though.
00:59
Let me go ahead.
01:00
Let me get it.
01:03
Showed up the owners of the vehicle.
01:06
A vehicle can't get up the hill.
01:10
They have people coming to get them.
01:15
Acknowledged, I'm the waybound with KMRTC.
01:17
I'll give that update.
01:18
Thank you.
01:19
Acknowledged, thank you.
01:29
Are you in town?
01:37
Somewhere.
01:38
Tell me know where I don't make sure.
01:45
Come up to the carton if you're all right.
01:50
Tell me.
01:57
A woman.
02:01
Go ahead.
02:03
Back in the car, honey.
02:17
234. Guys out of the wrong way.
02:20
All traffic is moving again.
02:22
PD can disregard if they want to.
02:30
Acknowledged, I'll give them that update.
02:32
Thank you, and I'll assure you clear.
02:36
Acknowledged, you see all the other suggestion around.
02:39
Negative. I'm going to work on getting salt started that way.
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Location mentioned:
Sebasticook Bridge Rd & Unity Rd, Benton, ME 04901
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