Eighteen-wheeler blocks I-79 northbound after barrier strike, Marion County WV
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TrafficAn eighteen-wheeler struck a barrier on I-79 northbound near the weigh station, losing a tire and possibly an axle. The tire is blocking the roadway.
Audio|Heard on: Marion County Police, Fire, and EMS
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01:10
Transcript:
00:00
193 have a roadway obstruction, I-79 northbound just before the weigh station break.
00:05
Go ahead.
00:07
Call our visors.
00:13
There's an 18 wheeler that struck the side barrier and lost the tire.
00:17
Tires now sitting in the middle of the road.
00:23
22, unseen.
00:28
Dead four, Marion, I'll beat around.
00:31
A mile is 22 unseen, 1824.
00:34
1024. 104.
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James to Unit 193.
00:42
Right.
00:48
Just the advisement, the truck or trailer that's truck that...
00:55
Wall and loss of tire, also possibly loss of axles now pulled off at the weigh station.
01:00
I'm sure if he needs a report.
01:07
Ten four. I'll get everything out of the roadway and then go up here and check on it.
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I-79, West Virginia
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