Traffic chaos snarls Interstate 84 near Pendleton in snow, Pendleton OR
Being trapped by heavy traffic near milepost 223 on Interstate 84, multiple vehicles stopped and chaining up in snowy weather while officers manage road safety and possible closures.
Audio|Source: Umatilla County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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Down to the two-twenty-three-and-a-half.
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Left lane is slowing,
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slowly.
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I'll be checking on semi-stopped in the right lane.
00:10
Okay, twenty-three-nine.
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Station 4, 12.m.3 on Pendleton.
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123.
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Our VMS sign at milepost 2213.5 westbound.
00:34
I believe I had you put up road closed ahead on that.
00:38
Can we change that to now rec ahead to use less lane?
00:43
Copy 2040.
00:47
Thank you. So, great.
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4825. I just have a couple of semis at this location, applying chains.
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I'll be proceeding.
01:01
I'm trying to find out what's going on up ahead.
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22, 42. 42.
01:09
Okay, good.
01:10
Support panel fence.
01:15
Hello, I'm free.
01:22
This might be a repeat.
01:23
OSP just been over a call for the 224-94 what sounds like OSP 482825.
01:30
It says that there is the CMB felt as a feeling.
01:34
I'll check okay to the total.
01:38
Yeah, affirmative,
01:41
those vehicles are all part of the traffic that's been packed up.
01:45
Some of them are putting chains on.
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I appreciate it.
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25 from 12.
01:53
Did you check on this white crossover vehicle of the luggage rack on top of the G24?
02:02
The two vehicles that were at the end of the ramp said they were not involved in any accident.
02:08
They've called in an accident.
02:10
So far I haven't found one.
02:17
Station 4, 5R 79 on the ground.
02:25
I'll probably work at the 99 with you.
02:32
I'd like to give you an update the 10377 for Ladd Canyon will be 30771-1-1 and at first time we'll do some keep whole piece of last.
02:51
Copy.
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1365. Okay.
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1365. Okay.
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Okay.
03:08
Still get a bunch of traffic there at Ordale.
03:12
Flood down the last four minutes or so I'm getting one or two cars every ten minutes.
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Happy, I have this tank of my turn at Spring Creek that I'll transfer that way.
03:29
I think we could probably leave the pickup there and I'll shuttle you to the shop, grab a truck, and make a couple laps up there with on the Ladd end.
03:42
Copy. Thank you.
03:56
And the crash that 4937 is on,
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and Charlie 21 sitting on a truck chaining up,
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traffic occurs to be moving west on.
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Yeah, I'll be 2240.
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Yes, moving up.
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I'm just passing the 223.
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Pendleton, OR 97801
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