Railroad crossing arm hits semi truck near Melville Street, Rensselaer IN
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TrafficA railroad crossing arm came down quickly and struck a gray semi truck near Melville Street, breaking its mirror. The incident occurred near LMP Body Shop about 10 to 15 minutes before the report.
Audio|Heard on: Newton County Fire and EMS Dispatch, Brook-Iroquois Township Fire
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Transcript:
00:00
I have a caller on the line who's advising he relocated to LMP body shop he's advising he was at one of the railroad crossing
00:13
And when he was crossing over, the arm came down really quick and hit his vehicle.
00:18
It broke the mirror on the truck.
00:22
He's advising.
00:23
He's an L&P.
00:25
It's now in a gray semi.
00:34
Rensler, he advised that happened while we were there because I didn't see anything like that.
00:40
He said about 10 or 15 minutes ago.
00:44
Yeah,
00:47
Clear, I didn't see anything like that.
00:49
The arms were down the entire time we were there.
00:54
Claire, and I think he's saying it happened on the Melville Street.
00:59
One LNR, I'm not real clear.
01:00
He's not giving me a good location.
01:02
He's just saying the road behind LMP Body Shop.
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Location mentioned:
Melville St, Rensselaer, IN 47978
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