Bus stuck on icy road near Malbone and Beachwood roads, Freetown MA
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As discussed during the dispatch call, a bus became stuck on an icy road near Malbone and Beachwood roads in Freetown, Massachusetts. Officers assisted by advising the bus driver to move kids to the back of the bus to gain traction, coordinated with the highway department, and helped the bus get unstuck and continue safely.
Audio|Heard on: Freetown Police & Fire
Listen to dispatch call
03:5
Transcript:
00:00
5-4, I got highway en route.
00:06
Re-2-2-6.
00:10
5-4-1-2-6.
00:14
I'll be going on a 4 in a second.
00:18
All right, Rieu, sir, it's probably quicker than me calling them back.
00:22
If you could advise the bus driver, I guess if it's safe to do so, highway behind the...
00:27
They put the kids in the back of the bus.
00:30
It'll put more weight and they might be able to get unstuck.
00:35
We should.
00:40
I passed the state foreside border.
00:51
I'm on Malbone now, uh,
00:53
most of the route is pretty bad.
01:01
Control can you also advise highway that Malbone road?
01:05
You see ended.
01:08
All right you're done, sir, thank you.
01:19
Five, four to control.
01:20
Got a four.
01:23
Appreciate.
01:26
Okay,
01:32
sorry, when you get here, we might, uh, we might stop, take over that stop sign.
01:37
If they can get some momentum to just roll through it.
01:41
Okay, I was going to come up, Beachwood when I come to elbow on the set.
01:45
You can suck them up Beachwood, we're working on this right now, but that might be the plan.
01:52
Okay.
02:02
Control 4 in the area.
02:04
Beachwood's a sheet of ice as well.
02:17
Rob, are they going straight or turning?
02:25
Narrow cages going straight.
02:27
We just tried to move it and she got stuck again.
02:29
I'm going to back my cruiser up a little more so she had some more room to take up some speed.
02:45
Sorry, I'm just gonna block off Beachwood and she's gonna try to go up on the left-hand side of the road.
02:51
It doesn't look quite as bad.
03:01
Controls success, the bus made it through.
03:04
We'll be clearing.
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Location mentioned:
Malbone Rd, Freetown, MA 02702
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