Semi-truck jackknife blocks northbound lanes in Rock Falls, Rock Falls IA
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Concern grows as a jackknifed semi-truck blocks both northbound lanes near Rock Falls highway, forcing officers to direct traffic and work on clearing the heavy vehicle.
Audio|Heard on: Cerro Gordo County Sheriff, Mason City Police and Fire
Listen to dispatch call
02:55
Transcript:
00:00
394.230 are you on the northbound side or southbound side?
00:07
Northbound,
00:08
just south of the first jackknifed semi.
00:14
Will I be able to get by you?
00:19
10-4, you should.
00:23
I'm in the inside lane.
00:30
Peter Falls, 518, I'll be switching back over to 2C.
00:35
10-4. 2059.
00:41
That'd be fine.
00:45
Downfall.
00:48
Speaker calls, 199.
00:49
You want to add me to the call at the 152.
00:54
10-4.
00:57
CIPO 344 both lines here be blocked up here by the second semi.
01:26
Did we get anything back on the RO or do you need to say the birth in the one initial?
01:31
He's negative.
01:34
Thank you, Lake.
01:35
Secure extended.
01:38
2101.1.
01:44
We're going to start pushing traffic off of the 151.
01:50
This semi is black and bullet port on there.
01:56
10.4 northbound.
02:00
10.4.05.
02:06
The sphere falls, 2.30 have them right at the 151.
02:09
I'll try to get people to start moving off.
02:12
104.
02:17
Is that truck something that could be pushed off or straight and narrow,
02:22
being pushed by a snow pile?
02:28
Trailer is blocking both lanes, the actual tractor is going to be in the median.
02:36
We could maybe push it to open up a lane.
02:40
It's loaded though, 20,000-ish pounds.
02:48
Fear falls, you want to see if they have a truck that can come up and check and see if they can maybe push it off a little bit?
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Rock Falls, IA
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