School Bus Stopped on Roadway Causing Traffic Hazard, Mesa AZ
TrafficA school bus stopped on the roadway near McKellips and Higley with its red flashing lights on, causing a traffic hazard. The driver left the bus and went into the nearby Circle K store but later returned to the bus and turned off the red lights. The bus remained stopped on the road.
Audio|Source: Mesa Police Department Superstition Patrol District
01:33
Transcript:
00:00
Speaker 54, any other northeast unit for a 585[1] at McKellips and Higley?
00:11
Okay.
00:13
It's McKellips and Higley for a bus stop on the roadway with no one in it but causing a traffic hazard.
00:19
It'll be just east in the eastbound lane.
00:26
Any real time on Channel 4?
00:29
Any real time on Channel 4?
00:32
Realtime good.
00:34
Do you need cameras near McKellips and Higley to see if we had a driver take off?
00:43
There's a school bus with this red light flashing which seems to be causing a problem. We'll spin it back into what we can see.
00:49
Okay.
00:54
All right, real time. Looks like the school bus driver for whatever reason went into the Circle K, but had his red light flashing. That's the cause of another thing.
01:01
He might be back at his bus.
01:04
Kathy.
01:08
You can clear me from here and I can go there.
01:12
Happy.
01:16
Two bigger five, four. Realtime, you let us know if he gets back in the bus so we can clear from this.
01:21
He's back in the bus. He shut off the red lights. This bus is still there, though.
01:30
But if you guys want to clear it, I can just monitor it for now.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
585: Disabled vehicle or roadway hazard requiring police assistance.
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Location mentioned:
E McKellips Rd & Higley Rd, Mesa, AZ 85205
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