Disabled vehicle blocks left lane on route 18 south, East Brunswick NJ
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TrafficA dark-colored Chevy Equinox is disabled in the left lane of Route 18 south near the New Jersey Turnpike entrance in East Brunswick. The vehicle is blocking the lane and causing traffic congestion. A tow truck has been called.
Audio|Heard on: East Brunswick, South River and Spotswood Fire / EMS
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01:33
Transcript:
00:00
18 south, right next to the, or right before the turn-off lane for the Turnpike, you have a disabled vehicle.
00:08
The gentleman called for a tow truck, but his vehicle is completely dead.
00:12
He's in the left-hand lane right where the traffic all merges, he'll kind of making traffic a nightmare.
00:22
What kind of car?
00:24
I think it was a Chevy Equinox, maybe?
00:30
Dark in color.
00:31
He has his hazards, but his vehicle, he can't get the start.
00:37
He can't get the start.
00:39
Where exactly is this, uh, the disabled vehicle?
00:43
It's on 18 south, right as the cars merge onto the turn-on lane for the turnpike on the right-hand side, right where the traffic also ends for the left lane, and he's hitting the left-lane, and cars are getting stuck behind him.
01:01
Possibly a white Nissan?
01:04
That was not it.
01:05
It was, I believe, I believe it was a Chevy dark and color, Ford, Orr.
01:14
All right, because we got a report of it disabled out in that same area, so we'll have it checked out.
01:21
Yeah, he's in what's left of the left lane before it merges in the middle lane.
01:26
He called for a tow truck, but he has no idea what it's going to come.
01:33
Time for.
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Location mentioned:
NJ-18, East Brunswick, NJ
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