Semi truck leaking diesel on interstate near mile markers, Lake County IN
TrafficA white semi-truck leaked diesel fuel on the westbound interstate near the 16 and 17 mile markers. The diesel spill created a hazard on the road. Several callers reported the diesel leak and one reported that the semi had pulled over at the right shoulder near mile marker 17. The semi had no visible company logos.
Audio|Source: Porter County Public Safety
03:16
Transcript:
00:00
E-26, Borman.
00:02
I'm looking for Westbound from the 19-mile marker one minute.
00:05
Time delay.
00:06
Caller advised a white semi with a softback, no company names or logos.
00:10
Pouring diesel all over the interstate, he advised you can smell it from inside your vehicle.
00:15
He is not currently following the semi anymore.
00:19
You're all being rough.
00:23
13.13.
00:25
Check 13 at 26.
00:30
Your Valpo status.
00:37
Almost since 23.
00:39
Sure, are you still in route?
00:47
I'm affirmative.
00:48
I'm almost 1023.
00:50
So far.
01:04
EMS Station 2, Valpo Rescue 23.
01:09
Priority 1, Park Problem,
01:12
Walmart. At near Eastmoreland Drive.
01:16
Time on 1431.
01:28
591 13311112
01:30
Heart problems, males on the ground in the grocery section near the produce area
01:38
95 Second time on the shift sir you still near a two-thirty
01:51
That's a Walmart call.
01:55
On October, we're responding at 1432 to Walmart, near Eastmoreland Drive to the grocery section in the produce area for a 60-year-old male, conscious and breathing.
02:07
There's a titanium valve in his heart, having difficulty speaking between breaths.
02:11
Also, do you want Volvo Rescue to continue?
02:17
We have a 16-minute ETA, so if they want to continue, just keep us updated on their EPA.
02:23
Oh,
02:24
4.
02:29
You want me to hold the west, wait for additional?
02:34
I couldn't hear you.
02:37
Want me to wait on the west side, hold for additional units.
02:41
We can. I'm on the south side.
02:45
Or you still say sometimes one three.
02:48
206.
02:52
145 volts.
02:55
144.
02:56
The update location.
03:05
We do not have anybody actively following them on TX, but the last two callers advised they were passing the 16 and 17.
03:12
One caller advised they were pulled over at the 17 right shoulder.
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I 80 E, Indiana
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