Two semi-trucks collide on I-24 eastbound blocking lanes, Metropolis IL
TrafficTwo semi-trucks collided on eastbound I-24 near Metropolis, Illinois. Both lanes are blocked by the wreck. One driver is complaining of back pain. There are no reports of hazardous material leaks. Emergency responders are on scene managing traffic and checking for injuries.
Audio|Source: Southern IL and Western KY Public Safety
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Transcript:
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Catch you mouth back AMS, Metropolis City Fire. Please respond to I-24.
00:05
It's going to be I-24 eastbound just as you're getting on, receiving reports of a two semi-collided.
00:15
The information I'm getting is one of those semis is pre-4 of unsure and entrapment, unsure of injuries.
00:38
Pension Mattack AMS, Metropolis City Fire. Please respond to I-24, so I-24 eastbound.
00:47
It's going to be between the exit and the turnaround,
00:51
getting reports of two semis collided,
00:55
being advised one of the semis is kind of messed up, unsure of entrapment, unsure of injury.
01:03
City.
01:06
Okay,
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four.
01:10
City, we received any information about what the chemizer home.
01:23
Negative. The calls that I've received in so far is people that are in the opposite lane coming from Padua.
01:30
I'll get you know the one else if I can get some more information.
01:39
That's minute 12.
01:40
It's going to be around.
01:51
Andrew ones responding.
02:05
It's right. That was eastbound, correct?
02:13
It's going to be eastbound. And the only information I'm getting is still that they wrecked. I don't, nobody knows exactly what kind of trucks it is, still.
02:23
Yeah.
02:26
Understood.
02:30
C-16 um so far I'm not saying anything.
02:35
I'll scratch that entity Eastbound on-ramp with Eastbound on-ramp.
02:41
I've got pretty severe damage to the rear end of one semi.
02:44
I'm going to be taking the Bad lane of Eastbound.
02:54
It's the N-A-Met plant or direction on the flight.
03:04
If you have an area already contact state and get them in or out for any traffic patrol, we've got both lanes blocked.
03:12
Seminars are currently going around along the on the on-room to get around them.
03:19
So they're asking is it anything in the semi as in leakage costume?
03:29
Stand-for, standby.
03:30
I've got one AC dry van trailers,
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and let me get up here and look at the other one.
03:42
So you go ahead and advise fire, there's nothing hazard if you can halt, but if they can, wherever they come down and be found off ramp, or on ramp,
03:51
have them block that lane of traffic there, so we got rid of work.
04:05
caught the part where he said there was nothing hazard access from the eastbound ramp onto the lane correct
04:19
I'm about to get on the ramp where you need me
04:25
If you get on, they're on the if you get down here, try to block that, keep them from coming around. We need this traffic stop so we can get other units in here.
04:41
I do have one driver complaining a back thing.
04:45
I don't believe this can't be emergency, emergent.
04:49
So don't let anybody get hurt getting here.
04:53
Stand four.
04:57
Officers on the scene, they do have one patient complaining of back pain, not sure about the other.
05:05
The medic, they don't make one in two, copy.
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This is ready to scroll from the opening.
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12-10th work.
05:22
If you say Paul, a head of it.
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Understood.
05:36
Angel ones arriving.
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I-24, Metropolis, IL
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