Semi-truck tire blew causing detachment and fuel leak, Laurel MT
TrafficA semi-truck experienced a tire blowout that caused it to detach from its trailer and damage a fuel line. Smoke was reported but no fire was found. Emergency responders managed traffic near the 563 overpass to prevent accidents, as several vehicles had already gone into the ditch due to the incident.
Audio|Source: Yellowstone County Law Enforcment, Fire and EMS
05:5
Transcript:
00:00
Vehicle fire fish. Mom went for 441, 990, 8-pound. Collar passed by a semi-driver that was using a fire extinguisher on his rig. Collar didn't see flames, just also smoke coming from the stem.
00:28
DC engine 4 dispatch. We have a semi-trailer with a semi-truck. A semi-truck is detached from the trailer, no smoke or flame scheme on neither one. Not a rope was on fire. The institution to be investigating in command. It would be speaking on the drive. Two alpha, two bravo.
00:56
from the trailer, no smoke for flame scene engine to us speaking with the driver now. Hi, cover. Hey, could you request an MHP[1] to sit on top of this hill? We gotta get traffic slowed down, we're gonna have an accident. I've already had two people go in the ditch. Yeah, they've been notified, I'll trade it.
01:24
Make an urgency to it here. Engine 5[3], engine 2. My base. I'll play one land is as that work. Engine 5, engine 2 on TAC2[2]. Engine 5, engine 2 on Dispac Channel.
01:53
Five, go ahead. Eric, can you go to the TAC2[2]s? We can work on that? Copy I was on TAC2 and didn't hear anything. Copy. Love our radios.
02:09
We're on scene here. We have this semi-truck detached from the trailer. It looks like a tire blue, hit a fuel line. There is no fire, no smoke. But I'm going to have you guys post to the east of us. There's a hill, and we need somebody to help us control traffic on that east side of the hill towards Laurel before we have a car wreck. We've had a couple of cars going to go into the ditch here. Five copies, control traffic east of the hill. We're going to be there in a couple of minutes.
02:37
Yeah, copy, thank you. You don't need to block any lanes, just kind of pull off the side. Maybe they'll see your emergency lights start slowing down before they peak this hill. Gotty. Go ahead, engine two. Yeah, do we have law enforcement that are getting close to this wreck, or fire, excuse me?
03:04
That's affirmative. I just got up the phone with MHP[1]. They have three troopers en route. And it looks like we got a deputy in the area. Traffic, can you invite either deputy or MHP to help us slow traffic down on the east side of this hill? We're on the west side. We need traffic starts flowing down on the east side. We've had several cars going to the ditch. Affirmative, we'll do.
03:31
Two Alpha, two Bravo. Bravo, Alpha, go ahead. Okay, yeah, that overpass is 563 overpass, and I do have one sheriff's officer going to come park on top of the Ovenpath. Copy that. Do you still need engine five to help with that, or do you want me to release five?
03:55
Yeah, I repeat that, please. The engine 5 is almost on scene, too. Do you need them to help slow down traffic? We got their deputy on the overpass right now that I think people can see from a mile back or so. I think 5 would be good to clear rather than adding more of a problem here. Copy that. Break engine 5 if you copy traffic, you're good to clear.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
MHP: Montana Highway Patrol
[2]
TAC2: Tactical Channel 2
[3]
Engine 5: Fire Engine Unit 5
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Location mentioned:
Laurel, MT 59044
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