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Semi truck driving recklessly on interstate in IowaMitchellville IA

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I-80, Mitchellville, IA

A white semi-truck with Michigan license plates was reported for reckless driving on I-80 near Cedar Rapids, Poweshiek County, and Jasper County in Iowa. Authorities are monitoring the vehicle near Mitchellville.

Audio|Heard on: South Central Iowa Counties Public Safety
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01:16
Transcript:
00:00
It's going to be continued reckless driving semi-broadcasts.
00:03
It's going to be a white freight liner, a white box trailer.
00:05
It's going to be Michigan plates, (number withheld), and Weston from the 179, still reckless all up the roadway.
00:12
What can be there in case so much is clear? Do you have anybody in Jasper County in the interstate?
00:26
If you could be on the lookout for that broadcast, it's time.
00:30
I actually started over at Cedar Rapids State over in Poweshiek County, and it's still been going on a couple calls on it already.
00:41
White box trailer does have Grand Rapids or Michigan Rapids on the side of it, and it's going to be Michigan plate.
00:49
(number withheld).
00:56
Jasper County from Des Moines State.
00:58
Prejoin call up in Jasper.
01:02
Des Moines State, go ahead for Jasper.
01:05
Reference to that reckless semi-broadcast, but we do have a couple troops that are by the scales over by Mitchellville that are going to be in the lookout for it.
01:12
It's 343.
01:15
Copy.

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I-80, Mitchellville, IA

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Incident Timeline

  1. Attempt to Direct Truck into Scales
  2. Further Plate Confirmation and Description
  3. Mahaska County Involvement and Attempt to Stop Truck
  4. Truck Drives Recklessly Through Poweshiek County
  5. System Outage Noted
  6. Vehicle Description Clarified
  7. Coordination Between Agencies
  8. Initial Report of Reckless Semi

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