Highway crash causes diesel and coal spill

Heard on: Natchitoches Parish, Sabine Parish, and Vernon Parish Public Safety

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Nolan's is out here for a vehicle recovery.

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They're advising it's going to be 2 h max.

00:06

Or y'all good to lead deputies out here for traffic and control whenever they got a shut in 71 though.

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Go ahead, please.

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If you would, Law Ray Road, Pinecrest.

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Came to dispatch.

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Hey, 14, go ahead.

00:45

Is there going to be any instructions because we are going in the front and nobody's waiting for us.

00:54

Got a diesel and coal spill on US 71/US 84.

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So the tow truck is going to take about 2 h to actually clear the wreckage.

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So we're going to need units on scene doing traffic control for the time being until it's all cleared up.

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Ten four. Do they need us to get some off duties or is state going to do it or what?

01:20

We should be able to handle it.

01:22

We've got personnel. We'll just plus one more phone that way.

2026-09-11 16:04 UTC

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US-84 & US-71, Clarence, LA 71457

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As discussed during the dispatch call, deputies were sent to a crash scene on US 71 and US 84 near Clarence, Louisiana, where a tow truck was handling a vehicle recovery and a reported diesel and coal spill. Units were requested to provide traffic control while the roadway was being cleared, which was expected to take about two hours.