Tractor trailer jackknifes on I-68 blocking lanes, Morgantown WV
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TrafficAs discussed during the dispatch call, a tractor trailer jackknifed on interstate 68 near exit 1 in Morgantown, west Virginia, blocking eastbound lanes and damaging a cable barrier. Multiple vehicles were sliding on the icy roadway. The interstate was temporarily shut down for traffic control while a wrecker and department of highways responded.
Audio|Heard on: Monongalia County Law Enforcement
Listen to dispatch call
07:21
Transcript:
00:00
Are you still out at Exit 1?
00:07
My radio keyed up, go ahead.
00:10
Are you still out at Exit 1?
00:16
Yeah, I got a swift truck here.
00:19
I don't know what they're doing.
00:20
I think they've got the whole eastbound lanes on 68 blocked.
00:26
I don't know what they got going on.
00:29
That's copy. We're taking reports of a tractor trailer.
00:31
Came across the median from the westbound side.
00:34
Partial in the eastbound lane.
00:36
Driver was a passerby.
00:37
They advised no one got into the vehicle yet.
00:40
We were starting firing you missed.
00:42
Yeah, let me run up here to see what's going on here.
00:45
That's comfortable.
00:46
I'll show you in row.
00:48
State 565, no.
00:51
State 565.
00:52
Do you get anything back about the request for DOH?
00:58
I had not, no, they were just notified.
01:07
And for... If you could see if I'll be able to make this priority, as soon as we can get this tractor out of here, this next 18 row is probably going to slide and do the same thing.
01:19
That's copy.
01:20
I'll give him a call again.
01:21
It's eight five six five make.
01:24
Go ahead.
01:27
I call on 39.
01:28
I'm on scene[1] out here.
01:30
Copy. Copy.
01:38
565MECA. All supreme advisement.
01:40
Lanz is going to be just taking the tractor.
01:43
They're securing and leaving the trailer on the shoulder until this gets treated and they can retrieve it later.
01:50
That's common.
01:52
Mac, I'm on scene[1] out here.
01:53
We've got both fast lanes east and westbound block.
01:58
That's copy. Both east and west fast lanes shut down 2135.
02:06
31 44.
02:09
Go ahead.
02:12
Do you need me to head out there and help you at anything?
02:16
I just need people to stay off the roads.
02:21
Damn.
02:27
Maca, got some driver out of the vehicle, no injuries.
02:32
That's copy.
02:33
You want us to continue fire for traffic control?
02:40
Yeah, I got somebody slides, oh.
02:45
Yeah, I get them here, I got cars some of the slide in, do me?
02:49
That's copy. We'll stand down to EMS continue fire.
02:54
State 684 to 565.
02:56
Do you need us come out there and says this?
03:02
I need next heavy wrecker on the list.
03:05
That's copy.
03:10
He's jack knife in the median here.
03:12
Let DOH know he took about 30-foot a cable barrier route.
03:17
Okay.
03:22
138. I'm gonna go.
03:23
Let's just 31 until you get something else.
03:26
Copy 2136.
03:33
44 26.
03:37
I'm getting ready, Kelly, you get it.
03:42
Okay, you're responding up over 31.
03:45
Four, ten to five, six five.
03:48
Good.
03:54
Yeah, I'll need us to come out, at least put our lights on us trying to stop traffic or need assistance.
04:03
We're ten-four out here, one thirty-one's with a different one, the one on sixty-eight.
04:08
He may need help.
04:12
Mac 139, 27, West Virginia.
04:21
12, 081522, Hudson.
04:23
Also, get an ET on cash king, please.
04:30
Go.
04:35
139, it's clear, valid, Hudson.
04:38
Go.
04:40
Matt, 131. 131.
04:47
28 Indiana on the trailer.
04:51
Go ahead with the Indiana 28.
04:58
Papa 657650.
05:01
Copy.
05:09
Tolly, West Virginia.
05:14
Good.
05:22
814-363. Bray, Tash, anyone's saying.
05:26
That's coming.
05:31
See if I was taking in Mont County.
05:34
14, go ahead.
05:38
You can public service here.
05:40
A thirty-one, Matthew.
05:47
Yeah.
05:49
It's going to be busters for that large wrecker.
05:55
Also, State 410 was inquiring if you need them out there to shut anything down.
06:02
I think at some point somebody's about to make the determination to shut the whole interstate down.
06:07
I got cars sliding everywhere.
06:11
Let's just shut everything down for a minute.
06:18
I really need somebody eastbound here as you press the hill at the one there.
06:23
I got cars sliding everywhere.
06:29
Was anybody in route out there currently?
06:32
38th then route near the floor.
06:34
That's coppel.
06:35
Will you direct on shutting eastbound down near the one?
06:38
Yeah, I'll take a look at.
06:41
Copy.
06:44
38, use some caution.
06:46
It's a sheet eye.
06:50
I have one.
06:51
I'm working on the slowchow can as we come to you.
06:55
Have one.
06:57
31 44.
07:01
Stand by. I got another crash.
07:07
44 and 39, if you can, just shut the interstate down for them.
07:13
7-4. Back on 139.
07:16
Good.
07:17
Change this motor system route to 31.
07:20
139, con.
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on scene: Unit has arrived at the incident location
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I-68, Morgantown, WV
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