Snowstorm triggers multiple crashes and closures on Utah highway, San Juan County UT
Road ClosureSnowstorm conditions spark multiple vehicle crashes and force temporary closures on S Hwy 191 in Utah canyon. Crews actively plow and sand the road to restore safe traffic flow between mile markers 124 and 126.
Audio|Source: Dolores, Montezuma, and San Juan Counties Sheriff and Fire
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Transcript:
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You can clear off now of the crashes, myself and 15 that we were on.
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The 124 to 125 Canyon is clear of crashes.
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We have two CMVs that are just parked on the shoulder of the roadway right now.
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Great.
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Go ahead.
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Scott's going to start working there,
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passes through there to get it passable, and then,
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like I said, about an hour to an hour and a half from now should be getting open.
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D-600 copy this will be for traffic control moments.
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Yeah, they're chained up.
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Let's get them out of there.
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vehicle accident, blocking.
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Game 36.
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Bye, Manchester.
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Go ahead.
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I've got a two vehicle property damage no injury crash when you're clear.
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Go ahead.
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9200 block of 521.
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Partial blockage, one vehicle rear end is the other one at the intersection.
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And I've got no vehicle description.
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You can tell.
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1937
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Bytrily 15 Can you switch to attack?
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Montrose 5.5 my eG is about 20.
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193010. Copy, Milmarker 39191 for traffic control for a PD accident that is blocking.
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Montrose Park 39, I'm on scene with that assists.
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29, I show you on the 54, correct?
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That's pretty close, copy plate.
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Go ahead.
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(name withheld), Zebra 39.
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This is a retired ambulance turned into a camper break.
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Go ahead.
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It has slid down a pretty steep embankment.
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I can't tell if there's any damage or not.
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We're going to call it an assist tonight.
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That's not safe for me to go play around on the front side of it.
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Copy,
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1979.
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I'll be 1041, 1039-6-8.
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208 copy, 1940.
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Entress, five on sleep.
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Item six.
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Kathy, buy it got them out, you can choke a click.
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1940.
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Thank you want to buy that chain up there.
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It looks like they got CHP down there helping them out.
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A bunch of people there, so I threw a little bit of sand down there for them.
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Yeah, cool deal.
03:46
It looks like sand have been pulled in there too.
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I'll copy that.
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Well, thank you for your help.
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Let us know if you guys need anything.
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I'll return the favor.
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Tomorrow, we'll do.
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Be safe out there.
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It'd be able to the center line he's following but I don't get the shoulder yet.
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I'm kind of overlapping it right now hopefully I'm getting some of it.
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The Seagot supervisor on scene up here, they advise that when the plow gets back to the closure point at the 126 with low the sand,
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they're gonna open traffic at that point and have traffic follow the plow through the canyon.
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So it'll be significantly less than an hour and a half that we were ready to stay.
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S Hwy 191, Utah
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