Vehicles struggle on icy interstate hill, one crashes into wall, Wheat Ridge CO
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TrafficAccording to the dispatch call, multiple vehicles, including large trucks, struggled to climb a hill on the westbound side of interstate 70 near mile marker 247.8 in Eagle County, Colorado, due to poor road conditions. One vehicle slid into a wall on the eastbound side near mile marker 245.5. Responders blocked a lane to manage traffic and assisted with moving or towing the disabled vehicles.
Audio|Heard on: Summit and Eagle County Public Safety
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06:48
Transcript:
00:00
Show me out at about the 247.8.
00:05
I've got a couple of vehicles that are having trouble getting up the hill on the westbound side of I-70.
00:13
Copy that 1115.
00:21
Golden,
00:23
70.
00:27
701, go ahead.
00:30
245.5. I just had a vehicle slide into the wall here.
00:36
He's being turned around right now.
00:41
And I'm sorry, sir, which direction was that?
00:45
That'd be eastbound.
00:51
He's found at the 245.5.
00:55
1115.
01:02
We'll build in 701.
01:04
7-1, go ahead.
01:10
We're going to be blocking lane 4.
01:15
Copy that 1116.
01:30
Just a cafeteria?
01:38
David, 9-5.
01:42
Go ahead.
01:45
Hey, right there, Budget, about where you are, the delineator before that mile marker.
01:50
I just yucked the chain to the shoulder.
01:52
Can you grab it so we don't hit it with a blower?
01:56
Yeah, ten-four.
02:02
Naomi, this is there.
02:03
Sorry I couldn't hear you.
02:04
Can you say again?
02:06
Would you please send (name withheld) to the front office? She's getting picked up.
02:14
There?
02:17
Nah, he's going, he busted his radiator, so he's going to try to make it up to his next exit.
02:23
So I'm following him behind him.
02:26
Okay, copy.
02:33
Calls, R27.
02:36
R2, go ahead.
02:38
Can I have a poll unit to sit behind me at the beginning of the bend with the arrowboard pushing people over?
02:49
Copy that 1118.
02:54
This is where it melted through, but there was a semi there taking his chain off.
03:04
Yes, sir, when you clear from that one that's going to the exit, can you assist RT7? He's ahead of you about the 247.8.
03:19
Copy.
03:22
Yes, sir, and I need to clarify.
03:25
It's the 248.9.
03:30
Copy. Copy.
03:34
Thank you, sir.
03:35
1118.
03:42
Bill 257 additional flight added.
03:44
Thank you.
03:55
Pursile 26.
04:00
Massachusetts,
04:02
for David Paul, C.M.
04:04
98,
04:05
A. Whitehontah.
04:26
No.
04:28
I'm just kidding, go ahead.
04:33
Thank you, chicken.
04:37
No problem, buddy.
04:42
Massachusetts,
04:44
four, David Paul, Sam,
04:46
98.
04:55
I didn't see it.
04:56
You want me to whip around and go and look for it?
05:02
I'll look on my second pass.
05:04
I just want to make sure we grab it before he gets buried this weekend.
05:09
Stand for.
05:16
Last mile.
05:19
Send it to me.
05:20
Send it to me.
05:25
God well.
05:33
Golden, 701.
05:36
7-1, go ahead.
05:39
You can show me clear on that one, he got off at the next exit.
05:44
Copy that, clear back in traffic and RT7 says that you could stay back behind him quite a bit just around that bend, right there.
05:57
Copy.
06:01
Thank you, sir, 1121.
06:13
RT8, go ahead.
06:18
715 available.
06:19
A firm, sir.
06:26
To get him to my location, we might have to push both of these vehicles up to the top in order to get them off the roadway.
06:36
Copy that and just confirming you're at the 247.8 two vehicles on the right side.
06:44
Current lane number three, they do not have chains and they do not have adequate tires.
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