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Disabled van blocking northbound lane on highway, Grimes IA

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Reported: 12/12/2025 12:51 PM

IA-141 & SE 37th St, Grimes, IA 50111

A disabled Sunbelt Rentals van is blocking the northbound lane on Highway 141 near SE 37th Street in Grimes, Iowa. Polk County officers are on scene. The van's flasher is on, and efforts are underway to remove it promptly due to heavy traffic.

Audio|Heard on: Iowa Dept of Public Safety Dispatch - Area A

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01:46

Transcript:

00:00

Going 458, 746.

00:08

458. Highway 141, northbound right at southeast 37th.

00:12

I got a Sunbelt rentals van, (name withheld),

00:14

(number withheld), blocking the number one lane.

00:18

This flasher is on.

00:20

Polk County sitting right behind me too.

00:21

They just pulled up.

00:22

Got it.

00:24

104, I'm sorry, could you repeat the 28 information?

00:31

104. (name withheld) (name withheld) 379, N-EU 379.

00:37

Thank you for that, 14-564.

00:43

21. 275, 1041.

00:48

275.41. 275.41.

00:50

I am showing you as eats tonight.

00:58

Good morning, 15541.

01:02

4541.

01:06

4541, I am showing you as Rothstein.

01:12

Good morning.

01:16

1455. 1455.

01:18

Good morning, 458.

01:21

458. 458.

01:26

Okay,

01:28

the actual broken down vehicles, (name withheld) (name withheld) 855, MDP 855,

01:33

Sunbelt Rentals.

01:34

They said they called Bricks.

01:36

Can you give them a call? They're less a mile away.

01:40

Their shop is, but I need an ETA.

01:41

We got to get him out of here.

01:43

Traffic is too busy to sit here.

01:45

Okay. Okay.

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IA-141 & SE 37th St, Grimes, IA 50111

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