Vehicle partially blocks left lane on i-80 near Walcott, Walcott IA
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TrafficA vehicle struck a cable rail and is partially blocking the left lane on westbound I-80 near Walcott, Iowa. The driver is trying to move the vehicle off the shoulder. The vehicle remains drivable.
Audio|Heard on: Cedar, Louisa, and Muscatine Counties Public Safety
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Transcript:
00:00
Probably about two miles west of Walcott.
00:04
There's a car on the left shoulder, his rear, or his rear, half the car is sticking in the left lane.
00:11
You hit the cable rail.
00:16
Good for it.
00:23
Should I sit here and wait?
00:27
Or...
00:32
Yeah, if you had a state police, you can get on the side of the shoulder.
00:35
Go ahead and sit there for a minute.
00:39
Sounds warm.
00:46
POSCOM 3.51 is en route to Trinity for the transfer.
00:57
Oh, Westbound.
00:59
He's trying to move it off the shoulder, as much as he can.
01:07
So it is still drivable.
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Location mentioned:
I-80, Walcott, IA
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