Injury crash on i-71 near exit 5 involving possible intoxicated driver, Louisville KY
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TrafficThere was an injury accident on Interstate 71 near exit 5 where a driver, possibly intoxicated, went off a bridge into a ditch.
Audio|Heard on: Louisville Metro Police 2 - Divisions 3 and 8
Listen to dispatch call
02:38
Transcript:
00:00
Can you have a 851 up on this injury accident in 71 and 264? This driver could be intoxicated.
00:08
Um,
00:11
it's their buzzing they went off the bridge into a ditch right before exit 5.
00:18
Okay.
00:22
851, are you okay on the update?
00:25
I am.
00:27
So far I haven't been able to locate.
00:28
I'm going 71 south to Watterson West now.
00:33
I didn't see it before that.
00:34
I'm going to need a better location if they can describe.
00:38
Is it the U.S.
00:39
42 overpounds?
00:45
I got it as my marker 6 and this vehicle was flipped over in a ditch,
00:54
71 south.
00:56
And then one said that it happened one mile before 264 exit on 71 South.
01:03
Then it went under the bridge, so I don't know.
01:07
And then I got one at 71 South as a 7 mile marker.
01:13
Okay. I came 71 South from the Snyder, I did all the way the water, so I didn't see anybody on the shoulders
01:19
or any cord rail that looked blatantly broken.
01:27
Okay, still in mind, let me try to call all these callbacks.
01:37
16 Adam 1011.
01:44
316 Adam.
01:47
106.45 Dixie Highway.
01:54
361 Radio Clearall.
01:58
361 at 14th Ann.
02:05
851, 71 northbound at the 4.2, that's what...
02:13
She was fire over EMS said it's going to be 71 northbound at the 4.2.
02:18
Okay,
02:20
and that falls on the 8 still.
02:26
If you want, I'm sorry, is the 4.2 going to be us or is that the 5th Division?
02:34
It's the 8th Division.
02:38
Okay.
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I-71, Kentucky
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