Disabled vehicle on interstate causes traffic slowdown, Garrett County MD
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A disabled Toyota Tundra was found off the side of Interstate 70 East at Morgan Station. Police coordinated with a towing company to remove the vehicle and temporarily slowed or stopped traffic until help arrived.
Audio|Heard on: Garrett County Public Safety
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01:37
Transcript:
00:00
I'm going to transfer a disabled vehicle.
00:02
It's actually off the road.
00:04
We've made it some of the business getting stuck.
00:07
70 East at Morgan Station, Toyota Tundra on the left side.
00:13
Okay, Rick.
00:21
You needed me to do at 75?
00:28
We were just going to have you hang around 75 until we got some other units who have Zone 1 clear.
00:35
Go ahead and take care of the one there at Morgan Station.
00:40
All right.
00:48
9701, 9706.
00:50
Go ahead.
00:58
17,
01:00
well the subject is here, probably going to take,
01:03
maybe the whole road don't there yet.
01:07
I'm going to drive traffic down until what he gets here.
01:12
Alright.
01:14
Hello.
01:19
Do we know who the two company is?
01:21
Yeah, it's gonna be buzzards, but I'll come back and let me just shut it all down.
01:28
I'll let you do.
01:29
Alright,
01:31
I'm almost on 17.
01:32
I'm just going to get a pass and pull off to the right, just past the air we're past.
01:37
All right.
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Garrett County, MD
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