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Disabled semi truck on Route 51 needs assistance, Pittsburgh PA

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Traffic

Reported: 12/15/2025 04:01 AM

PA-51 & Maytide St, Pittsburgh, PA 15234

According to the dispatch call, a semi-truck is disabled near Route 51 and Maytide Street in Pittsburgh due to a transmission failure. Truck safety units are responding to assist with the situation.

Audio|Heard on: Pittsburgh Police Dispatch

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02:3

Transcript:

00:00

Truck safety working vehicle is in the right lane.

00:04

Here's oil all in a roadway.

00:09

I'll have a truck safety unit on this channel.

00:13

Any traffic unit or cyclists or monitoring channel 2, you know if we have a truck safety officer working today.

00:27

I go seven, standby.

00:44

Larry Abel.

00:46

This is a very able.

00:47

It's advised if you're able to readstructed, it looks like the transmission fell out.

01:08

Traffic 75, Channel 2.

01:12

75.

01:15

Somebody looking for truck safety.

01:21

333ABLE is out at Route 51 and Maytide Street.

01:24

It's requesting your assistance.

01:26

He's got a semi there disabled.

01:29

Looks like the transmission dropped out.

01:39

All right, that's copy.

01:40

Just, I'm reach out to McGahn, get a truck started that way,

01:44

and I got to dig my truck out of snow and I'll start that way.

01:49

I'll start that way. 30AIME, copy.

01:52

Third Able, copy.

01:53

Third Able copy. Just come out the busway and come around, so we'll get backed up.

02:01

All right, copy is going to be while I'm going to take the truck out.

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PA-51 & Maytide St, Pittsburgh, PA 15234

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