Flooding closes intersection at 16th and Emerson, Indianapolis IN
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Road ClosureAs discussed during the dispatch call, police and public works crews responded to a major water main break at the intersection of East 16th Street and Emerson Avenue in Indianapolis. The area became heavily flooded, forcing closure of all directions of traffic. Officers established barricades and coordinated with the Department of Public Works, which was sending personnel and additional barriers to the scene.
Audio|Heard on: Marion IN Law Dispatch Group Calls
Listen to dispatch call
02:21
Transcript:
00:00
Control to the available 30 car for traffic control, reference that water main break at the intersection of 16th and Emerson.
00:12
149. 149, 625.
00:16
Control, do you know if DPW is actually en route and do they have their own traffic control people coming?
00:22
Stand by.
00:24
Or they need to get barricades or something because we're not going to be able to sit out here all morning.
00:30
Yeah, we're going to need at least one more car.
00:33
The whole intersection is a lake.
00:37
We're going to block it in all four directions, so start two more.
00:42
Two more codes for 16th and Emerson.
00:45
155 Bye.
00:47
Yeah, control, this is going to be the whole center of the intersection.
00:52
Looks like there's,
00:54
the whole center is going to cave.
00:57
It's got one, two, three, four, like five different leaks coming on this right now.
01:07
Go take southbound.
01:09
Emerson, time to go up and I'll lay on around, but I'll go knock out.
01:12
I'll block south out.
01:14
Okay, I'll take westbound here and control the IFD and Indigo.
01:25
Okay.
01:27
And if by chance any sickles ever log on this morning,
01:32
we'll definitely need them.
01:35
One-two-seven, which direction do I need to come in from?
01:40
He's trying to block it with his POV,
01:43
but come in from the south and take that, and then we'll definitely need someone taking eastbound on the west side of the intersection.
01:54
DPW has assigned someone to arrive with barricades.
01:59
No ETA provided.
02:01
Citizens is currently en route.
02:03
We'll arrive on scene within 15 minutes.
02:08
They're going to need a bunch of barricades.
02:11
They're going to have to do all lanes and all directions at this intersection.
02:17
Control, we're going to need a fourth car.
02:19
We're going to need a car on each side of this.
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Location mentioned:
E 16th St & Emerson Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46218
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