Tree blocks northbound lane on Toll House Road, Ellicott City MD

Road Closure

Reported: 10/31/2025 09:59 AM

Quaker Brothers Dr & Toll House Rd, Ellicott City, MD 21043

A large tree is blocking the northbound lane of Toll House Road near Quaker Brothers. The southbound lane is still clear. The tree is about 80 inches in diameter and cannot be moved by responders.

Audio|Source: Howard County Police, Fire and EMS

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Transcript:

00:00

ma'am, can you put me on a road hazard toll house just before Quaker Brothers? I got a tree partially in the room if I can move it.

00:07

10-4[1].

00:08

26 to Howard.

00:14

26 standby one on Wayline.

00:27

Did you get a bed yet?

00:30

Negative.

00:34

Okay, you can start to force off-loop.

00:38

Nice for us.

00:40

Two-six requesting a ALS up.

00:49

G6 request an aOS.

00:53

C6, I'm a Tee.

00:56

Correct.

01:01

I thought of chance.

01:03

David, Eunice at Nordstrom, are you sound for?

01:08

We're sound for.

01:14

Thank you.

01:15

Franks 10, Franks 2,1 be advised, EMS, called priority 4 at 1256.

01:21

Bigger 3-1, child, notification.

01:24

Temple, triple.

01:25

Bigger 3-1, go ahead with it.

01:28

7.45 respond, Encore,

01:31

(number withheld) Resort Road, room (number withheld), cross-of-town square.

01:37

As ALS upgrade Alpha 2, 1301.

01:42

Yes, man, there is a tree across the northbound lane of Toll House Road, just the northbound lane.

01:48

Southbound is unaffected.

01:51

Toll House Road right before is Quaker Brothers, it's about 80 inches in diameter, and I can't move it, so it's going to be across the roadway.

01:57

U.S. County Rose now.

02:00

10-4[1], we'll do.

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[1]

10-4: Acknowledgment received; message understood; affirmative or OK.

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Quaker Brothers Dr & Toll House Rd, Ellicott City, MD 21043

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