Road hazard cleanup on Minnesota highway after truck spill, Winona County MN
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Road ClosureA truck spilled waste materials on Minnesota highway 43, causing road hazards. Crews are cleaning the area using sand or granite chips to remove residue. Another truck is unloading diapers nearby. Cleanup options and progress are being discussed on site.
Audio|Heard on: Winona City/County Public Safety
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03:10
Transcript:
00:00
You got the fire department with that high pressure chance? They can't blow it off for you, quick.
00:05
No, I talked to them.
00:07
They said there's no way that they'd be able to get that cleaned off of there.
00:18
Well, years ago we had a big manure spill on 14 and we used sand.
00:22
Sand to me sounds like the best option, like Jason said.
00:27
Okay, yep, we could do that.
00:29
I'm just wondering, though, you know,
00:30
the scum that's on the road, you know, that was my only concern is I don't know how much of that we're going to be able to scrape off.
00:38
But, yeah, I agree with you guys, 100% on the sand, absolutely.
00:45
Yeah, the sand is probably your best option, but you're going to have to put a lot on it because that sand we got is like sawdust.
00:54
It's going to kind of suck, you know, and the wind blows and everything.
00:57
It's going to be a crappy spot for a while, but it is what it is now.
01:03
Yeah, yep, no, I agree with you guys.
01:08
They're still working on unloading the truck full of diapers yet, so really just told me he was hoping three hours now, but I got no,
01:19
I don't know.
01:25
I'm going to sneak around you on the left hand side, crash truck.
01:34
60207, Winona 2.
01:38
Go ahead, Mark.
01:41
Hey, I don't know if this would help you out at all, but there's that pile of granite chips in Winona.
01:47
I don't know if you could put those down and scrape them off, it'd be a little more abrasive than sand right away, and then you could maybe put sand over it.
02:02
Another option, Mark.
02:03
Yep.
02:07
Have them in St.
02:09
Charles, too, a whole band.
02:12
Okay,
02:13
yeah, I didn't think about that, so that would be another option maybe.
02:18
We'll let Billy do his thing here and get everything kind of to where we can take a better look at it and see and then go from there.
02:26
But yeah, that could be an option too, so we'll keep everything on the table.
02:36
Good news, Morgowski's got the semi-off the ramp, Chad.
02:43
That's good, one last thing, okay.
02:51
One on a seven, one on a four or ten.
02:57
Go ahead.
03:00
Did any of you guys make it up 43 yet or no?
03:07
I'm not sure if they got over there, they should be on their way.
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MN-43, Minnesota
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