Semi-truck jackknifes on highway near Cedar Falls, Cedar Falls IA
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A semi-truck jackknifed on Highway 218 near the 203 mile marker close to Cedar Falls. Troopers are responding but may take some time to arrive.
Audio|Heard on: Cerro Gordo County Sheriff, Mason City Police and Fire
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01:24
Transcript:
00:00
This is northbound on 218, correct?
00:06
At Cedar Falls, we just had a semi also jackknife near the 203 mile marker also.
00:17
Tenfort, would you like my trooper to go to that or the truck and trailer in the ditch?
00:23
They're coming from Mason if they could cover the 203 mile marker.
00:29
104.
00:34
410 Cedar Falls, what's your 20?
00:38
I'm off the Worth County scale.
00:40
That'd be a while for me to get there.
00:44
104.
00:49
Probably 76-0.
00:52
104. I don't know if you heard their traffic or not, but it sounds like they have a jackknifed semi at the 203 also.
00:58
Okay.
01:07
Fleepe County from Cedar Falls State, R2 calls for anyone.
01:10
Go ahead, Cedar Falls.
01:12
Just 3-43. It sounds like my trooper is going to be coming from the Worth County scale, so it's going to be a little bit before he gets there,
01:20
but he is in route.
01:22
Okay, 10-4[1], thanks.
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10-4: Acknowledgment (Message received / OK)
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Location mentioned:
US-218, Cedar Falls, IA
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