Semi truck stopped on highway on-ramp with driver asleep, Johnston IA
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Medical EmergencyA semi truck is stopped on the eastbound on-ramp of highway I-80 near exit 246. The driver is asleep in the cab with hazard lights on and the vehicle partially on the shoulder but not blocking traffic.
Audio|Heard on: Linn County/Cedar Rapids Streets Dept (Snowplows)
Listen to dispatch call
00:56
Transcript:
00:00
It's on the on-ramp, excuse me, the on-ramp,
00:07
exit 246, eastbound I-80, right shoulder,
00:12
Indiana plate is (number withheld).
00:16
I'll see what's going on.
00:24
Three from two or three.
00:28
Go ahead.
00:34
I stopped this with a semi because the hazards were on, the curtains closed on the cab and driver's sleeping.
00:44
I think he's got the hazards on because there's snow on the shoulder and he's sitting, the left side wheels are sitting on the fog lines.
00:53
He should be okay and I'm a packet service.
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Location mentioned:
I-80, Johnston, IA
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