Vehicle stuck on sloping road near decatur avenue, Wheeling WV
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A vehicle became stuck in a dip on Springdale Avenue near Decatur Avenue. The driver cannot move forward or backward without sliding. The city was contacted to salt the road to improve conditions.
Audio|Heard on: Wheeling Police and Fire
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00:54
Transcript:
00:00
I have a subject who says she's on Springdale Avenue.
00:04
She's on Springdale where it goes down into the dip and they go back up and she's probably about a block before you get to Decatur.
00:11
She says her vehicle is stuck.
00:15
She's in the middle of the road.
00:17
She can't go forward to walk the hill.
00:19
When she tries to go backwards, the car starts to slide.
00:27
She's going to have to do her best of back down slowly.
00:34
She said she's trying to do that, but every time she dug, the car wants to start to fly like it's going over the hill.
00:43
Let me see if I can get the city to go up there with some salt.
00:49
That was the next thing I was going to ask you.
00:52
Well, I'll see what they can do to help her.
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Location mentioned:
Decatur Ave & Springdale Ave, Wheeling, WV 26003
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