Truck tractor–semi combination broken down on I‑72 westbound near mile 47.5; South Dakota plate U-Union‑187‑720; driver awaiting company tow due in 1–1.5 hours before worsening snow., Pike County IL
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TrafficTruck tractor–semi combination broken down on I‑72 westbound near mile 47.5; South Dakota plate U-Union‑187‑720; driver awaiting company tow due in 1–1.5 hours before worsening snow.
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I-72 westbound, 47 and a half.
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2 westbound, 47 and a half, truck tractor semi-trailer, truck tractor semi-trailer, South Dakota plate, U-Un877720, U-U union 187-20, South Dakota.
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161, South Dakota, U-Union 187-720, South Dakota.
00:19
U-U union 187-720, clear.
00:30
6.20 status.
00:34
Stringle 620.
00:35
It was a four-wheel drive vehicle.
00:37
Got him convinced to just drive it out of the ditch.
00:39
We're back on the way.
00:40
Clear Patrol.
00:43
SpringPow, 661 information.
00:50
The truck tractor blew its half shaft, which also blew out of one of the suspension airbags.
00:56
He's got a company tow come and says it should be about an hour-to-hour and a half out,
01:00
so hopefully they'll get here before the snow gets too bad when you call your patrol.
01:05
6.61, 10.4.
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