Diesel leak sparks emergency at Highway 20 ditch, Correctionville IA
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TrafficEmergency responders address a vehicle in a ditch on Highway 20 which has a punctured diesel tank leaking fuel, raising environmental and safety concerns.
Audio|Heard on: West Central Iowa Public Safety
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02:7
Transcript:
00:00
333. We have the 27 for the RO of this pickup and 325 is I'm going to check for damage north of my location always.
00:07
10-4[1], 1024.
00:13
2418 from Hoopster County you go to mile marker 116 highway 20 south ditch there's going to be a vehicle in the ditch that needs help DOT called it in.
00:36
That's a wonderful sir.
00:42
Let's check any problem.
00:44
Ten, go ahead.
00:50
Negative, but if anybody was in the vehicle, or if it appeared that had been sitting there only.
00:54
What?
00:56
Just on my two-five-six.
00:57
Three-six, Fred.
01:02
Negative is the DOT keeps doing this.
01:05
They basically just told us that there's a car there to do what we see fit with it.
01:11
2043, one of the diesel tanks was punctured at the bottom, so it's gonna leak out the entirety of it, just won't let D.R.
01:20
now?
01:22
90410 for residents.
01:25
10. How much?
01:27
Was it loaded up?
01:29
What, sir?
01:31
I'm not sure.
01:32
It's a pretty big line here.
01:35
Look like you made this one in wood just over there by a train bridge,
01:39
sending it down in the median there.
01:42
Turns out. Correct.
01:46
It's self the expedited bridge there.
01:48
Sorry about that.
01:50
Go far.
01:53
There, it looks like it blacked pipe.
01:56
It's flashers on.
01:58
Did you come in from the east? Be careful.
02:02
Certainly get kind of deep out there, please.
02:06
Time for, thank you, sir.
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Location mentioned:
US-20, Correctionville, IA 51016
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