Traffic blocked on route 7 causes highway delay, Empire OH
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Road ClosureA highway blockage on Route 7 caused traffic congestion with many semi trucks backed up. Units coordinated tow trucks and directed traffic to use Empire for detours.
Audio|Heard on: Jefferson County Public Safety Divisions 1, 2, and 3
Listen to dispatch call
01:39
Transcript:
00:00
You asked Post 41, I got one of their tow trucks.
00:03
They're able to get through or do they have to take the exit and hop back on the highway.
00:14
Same back.
00:16
82036.
00:19
Go ahead, 8103.
00:22
Cap,
00:23
if you can send them out through Empire, just tell him to run parallel with us, and then he's going to have to back down towards his truck.
00:30
10-4. I'll pull map up on my phone, show him exactly where it needs to be.
00:52
So I'm going to go ahead and continue sending the cars through, but I have a lot of semi-backed up all the way down Route 7.
01:01
I'm going to have to send them up towards the head of the exit up here.
01:08
Okay.
01:10
We're just waiting on the tow truck.
01:16
Well, I believe we have one tow truck coming my way.
01:21
As soon as they get down here, I'll send them up your way.
01:28
Okay, they're...
01:29
If they can get through, they probably have to come from town.
01:35
Okay, I'll work on that for you.
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OH-7, Empire, OH
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