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Road closure near Highway 53 outside BallardsvilleSmithfield KY

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KY-53, Smithfield, KY 40068

There is a road closure near the 6000 block of Highway 53 outside Ballardsville due to multiple cars and flashing lights.

Audio|Heard on: Oldham County Police
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02:25
Transcript:
00:00
About 6,000 block on Highway 53 outside of Ballardsville.
00:04
I'm not sure what I got, but a bunch of cars, lots of flashes on our telecom.
00:10
1047.09.
00:15
31. I'll be out of the book.
00:18
104. 104.
00:19
Three-on-five for you? Three-on-five.
00:24
We're on the slide off here on Zill Smith right at my life.
00:26
Hold on.
00:29
Time for...
00:34
He just a heads up to anybody out there coming up 146 towards the shop.
00:40
Right there in front of some of these there is a semi that's disabled blocking the entire road.
00:49
It looks like a wrecker is trying to hook up to him right now, but it looks like it's going to be a bit.
00:54
You'll have to take Commerce Parkway to get around it.
01:02
Copy that.
01:06
H-L-7 Radio Crosh on soon.
01:19
Time for.
01:32
Okay,
01:33
I'm going to need at least one large record.
01:35
I've got a semi that suck, and he's blocking my hollow of 53.
01:39
They can't get around him right now.
01:41
He can't go backwards or forwards.
01:44
Or 17.
01:50
Yes,
01:52
sir. Can you give me the details on what kind of vehicles out there? I have work range service requests me.
01:57
It's going to be a point on the carola.
02:01
10.4 thank you.
02:07
A five Lagrange service en route.
02:10
104, thank you.
02:15
13 rating.
02:17
313.
02:19
Timmy in contact a big record.
02:21
He's one day about 21,000 pounds.
02:24
Talk 14. Time 14.

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Location mentioned:
KY-53, Smithfield, KY 40068

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Incident Timeline

  1. Shelby County and Wrecker Notified, Road Closure
  2. Multiple Vehicles in Ditch, EMS Notified
  3. Location and Direction Clarified
  4. Semi-Truck Stuck and Blocking Roadway
  5. Initial Report of Incident on Highway 53

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