Traffic accident on bridge caused by fallen tree, Ellington MO
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TrafficA traffic accident occurred on the bridge at Highway Y and 21 after a tree fell from a parade trailer. Multiple vehicles went off the road into a ditch, but the situation was clarified to involve only a fallen tree with no reported injuries.
Audio|Heard on: Southeast Missouri Counties Public Safety
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00:49
Transcript:
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109. I'm out with a 1050 at Y and 21, the bridge shutdown.
00:04
There's several cars on it.
00:07
Are there any injuries?
00:11
I don't know yet, pulling up to it, it's 6 Union Henry X-ray 95, 6 Union Henry X-ray 95 is one of them.
00:23
Reynolds.
00:26
Oh, 5, go ahead.
00:28
10-8[1].
00:31
Someone lost the tree, they've removed it en route to the Sheriff's Office.
00:39
Well, it looked at first that appeared to be what it wasn't.
00:42
There was several vehicles off of the ditch.
00:44
It was just a tree off of the trailer they said from the parade.
00:48
I'm 10-8[1], they're up to the Sheriff's Office.
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[1]
10-8: In service
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Location mentioned:
MO-21 & Hwy Y, Ellington, MO 63638
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