Vehicle stranded on train tracks near Rome, Rome GA
A vehicle, described as an older model pickup truck, came to rest on or near active train tracks near New Calhoun Highway NE in Rome, Georgia. Norfolk Southern temporarily stopped train traffic until the vehicle could be removed. A wrecker service was called to clear the tracks.
Audio|Source: Floyd County Police, Fire and EMS
03:42
Transcript:
00:00
I've got what looks like an old remodel F-150.
00:09
Camel.
00:14
You have ten-four?
00:18
Ten-four.
00:19
I'm going to be right at the (name withheld) County Jail (number withheld).
00:22
Can you go ahead and sign me an hour number, please?
00:29
Okay,
00:30
sir. How do you follow this, both, so you call this for you?
00:39
You're...
00:43
Mrs. Dispashbett, Magistrate Court?
00:48
Yeah.
00:53
Not emergency of (name withheld),
00:56
beginning miles is going to be 15.5.
01:02
Byte (number withheld), (number withheld).
01:12
Okay.
01:18
$46, not $10.95.
01:19
$66, $0.99.
01:24
$66. $6,000 is $10.
01:27
$4. $7.4.
01:32
$7.4.
01:37
$7.308.
01:40
Sammy 6'0.
01:43
Summerstone Apartments, just north of Old Somerville.
01:45
20th is going to be (number withheld).
01:52
North Broad, North Avenue, North Brough.
01:59
See if you dispatch for yourself and if the North throne, Churchill gun.
02:08
See, C-C-2.
02:14
They do want that vehicle removed.
02:19
So on-call, we can figure out how we'll get it because it's following tracks.
02:29
On-call is going to be (name withheld)'s.
02:32
6-Fitch, dispatch.
02:33
46.
02:38
Advise on call that we're roughly a mile away from the access point on both sides and we're in a curve.
02:47
104, which is going to be the easiest play for them to get down there to you?
02:55
Realistically neither, but if they have a way to drive on this, probably the Reesebird.
03:09
Seamphor. Seventy-on-4.
03:11
Seventy-on-1.
03:12
Seventy-n-4-71.
03:21
16 dispatches, Norfolk halting their train traffic through there until they get that out of the way.
03:32
I thought we're aware of right this second.
03:34
We are going to call them back and let them know when the wreckers on the way.
03:38
They're the ones that are aware of it though and they know that it's there and they want it removed.
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Location mentioned:
Near New Calhoun Hwy NE, Rome, GA 30161
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