Icy road conditions cause traffic obstruction on US-40, Henry County IN
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Road ClosureIcy road conditions near US-40 and Wilbur Wright Road caused traffic to stop and back up. Emergency crews are coordinating lane reopenings and requesting a salt truck to treat the roads. Authorities warned about vehicles moving in the wrong direction on the interstate.
Audio|Heard on: Henry County Public Safety
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04:20
Transcript:
00:00
Has the salt truck made it?
00:04
Good 40.
00:08
Dispatch, we've got people at 600 and 700.
00:20
Can you get me an ETA for that salt truck?
00:28
Power up there.
00:32
No, we're really just, we're kind of at a stand still.
00:35
I don't know,
00:36
40 and Wilbur Wright stopped for some reason.
00:39
I can't hold a Kyle.
00:42
I've got them moving.
00:44
It's just slow rolling.
00:47
Have you seen a salt truck or anything out there yet?
00:51
Negative.
00:55
Acknowledged.
01:00
Going out the hell.
01:04
Yeah, I figured that.
01:05
Just kind of be careful in 40, but if you keep them rolling there.
01:16
Fire has apparatus at 600 and 700.
01:30
(number withheld).
01:31
We have a break in traffic at the moment.
01:33
Acknowledged, maybe we'll get all cleared up for a minute.
01:41
The last of mine now, that's got a pretty good break.
01:48
There's still a head stop 6 or 700.
01:56
I'll clear over 940.
02:02
Because I've got vehicles backed up stops.
02:11
(number withheld). I can be north and it looks like somebody's lights down there towards 700 but I can't tell what's going on.
02:36
Okay because we're the dead stop here.
02:43
(number withheld).
02:45
I've been given authority by ISP to open it up.
02:50
Okay, well I think we're going to have another problem here on Wilbur Wright.
02:53
I believe we've got one off in this year,
02:55
between 700 and US40.
03:01
I don't have anybody here.
03:02
I can roll that way if you want me to.
03:07
Why don't you send that one guy there because I'd rather not get the tanker involved down here because then you'd have to go around all them other trucks?
03:20
(number withheld) ha-ha-hand.
03:37
Do not let them open that interstate yet.
03:40
We've got vehicles backing down it.
03:46
It's already gone and we've already cleared out for his instructions.
03:54
It's (number withheld).
03:58
Okay.
04:01
The state police advised us to open the interstate up.
04:05
I was on TX, we've got TIGs, and he said they're still backing down in the interstate's the wrong direction.
04:14
He has 370.
04:19
33-1 is clear.
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Location mentioned:
US-40 & S Wilbur Wright Rd, Dudley Township, IN 47327
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