Traffic accident blocks Okeechobee and Dixie intersection, West Palm Beach FL
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TrafficAs discussed during the dispatch call, a traffic accident occurred at the intersection of Okeechobee Boulevard and South Dixie Highway in West Palm Beach, blocking lanes near the intersection. Bus routes were affected and had to be rerouted via Belvedere Road and Australian Avenue to avoid the closure. The incident appeared to be significant but no injuries were mentioned in the radio exchange.
Audio|Heard on: Palm Beach FL Transportation Group Calls
Listen to dispatch call
02:9
Transcript:
00:00
Can I base? You said you're gonna see if the police can let you through.
00:03
Let me know.
00:05
Yeah, he's trying to tell me to U-turn and go at one of these back streets behind this college, but I can't U-turn this bus.
00:13
I'm sitting in the middle of Dixie just before the light on Okeechobee.
00:17
And you're not able to make that right turn on Okeechobees to take it to Olive back to Lakeview?
00:26
That's the 54 base.
00:27
That's exactly where the accident is.
00:30
They got it blocked off here.
00:32
Okay, well he's going to have to help you turn around.
00:37
Yeah, but I think where he's trying to send me and those back roads by the college.
00:41
Can the bus fit back there?
00:44
I'm not sure.
00:45
I know some of those roads are narrow.
00:49
Yes.
00:50
All right, I'll let you know.
00:53
Ten four. Twenty-four oh one, is that only northbound or is it southbound as well?
00:59
No, the southbound good.
01:01
I just route in at the intermodal.
01:04
Ten four. Only had one passenger on my bus, so the other passengers got off.
01:11
Face to twenty-two 13 , twenty-two 13 and twenty-one eleven.
01:16
I mean this twenty-two 13 .
01:17
Twenty-two 13 .
01:19
Twenty-two 13 .
01:21
Twenty-two 13 .
01:22
You may have to turn at Belvedere.
01:26
Make that left turn on Belvedere and take it to Australian to the intermodal.
01:35
Ten four. Base to the Route Three going southbound from the intermodal, I need for you to take a straight to Belvedere.
01:43
Belvedere to Dixie if you're going northbound, I need for you to take Belvedere to a stray into the intermodal.
01:52
That is the Route One's Okeechobee and Dixie is closed.
01:57
It's a bad accident,
01:59
Route One northbound.
02:02
I need for you to take Belvedere to Australian, Australian to the intermodal southbound, a strain to Beverly, Beverly to Dixie.
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Location mentioned:
S Dixie Hwy & Okeechobee Blvd, West Palm Beach, FL 33403
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