Highway shutdown due to multiple accidents on icy I-70, Sherman County KS
TrafficMultiple vehicles, including semi trucks, were unable to move on icy westbound I-70 near mile markers 9 through 14. Several accidents occurred, resulting in a full highway shutdown while crews respond and apply salt to improve conditions.
Audio|Source: Sherman County Sheriff, Fire, and EMS
04:16
Transcript:
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Looks like we got traffic backed up near mile marker 9.
00:06
Change 4.
00:09
Break three of five paces.
00:10
There's a car near mile marker 14 and a half on the eastbound side with the flashers on.
00:16
I can't seem to turn around here.
00:17
I'm at the west.
00:24
This week, good next.
00:29
EMS check this code two out.
00:32
She's going to follow the ambulance to the ER.
00:35
She's refused treatment.
00:37
I'll be 24.
00:56
3.05, go ahead.
00:57
I did get a hold of the top supervisor here and go on it.
01:04
Okay, good.
01:05
I'm here near mile marker 12.
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I can't see much further.
01:09
Would you like to start getting them out near mile marker 9 or anything like that?
01:14
Well, near mile marker 9,
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these trucks are having a hard time going around this accident and then going up the hill.
01:20
We're getting multiple trucks stuck.
01:22
We're probably going to have to shut down until we get some salt put down in this area.
01:27
We're going to have multiple wrecks.
01:30
Yeah, I'm near mile marker 12, and these vehicles are starting to slow down.
01:34
That bus I see as well.
01:35
I think there's something going on up here.
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3.30Ais.
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3.30.
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Hayes on (number withheld).
01:48
(number withheld).
01:54
1330, Hayes? 130.
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130.
01:59
1013, 2 and 3.
02:01
I'm out for grant funded overtime today.
02:04
1047. (number withheld).
02:11
(number withheld).
02:15
I'm back to Ken, go ahead.
02:18
Yeah, I'm right on the curves.
02:20
I got a semi, his brakes just froze,
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and he's blocking all lanes of westbound 70.
02:25
Try to get as much visibility as you can behind you and stop traffic momentarily.
02:30
I've got westbound quick to block to a stalled semi.
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452.
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Completely shut down right now.
02:45
Give me a moment. I'm going to try to get this semi pulled out of the road.
02:52
I said to send a page to K.8.
02:56
104, 731.
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3.30. 3.30.
03:04
Pays, I'm going to work my way west now, so.
03:19
452. The name is tight an obligation to the desk company calling for them.
03:25
Who's the next nuns preference heavy 41 out of Goodland?
03:33
Hays, whoever it is, just have them expedite as quick as they can and as safely as they can.
03:39
To the nine, let them know there's a semi that is stalled on the black ice on the curves.
03:45
And it's westbound 70 completely blocked.
03:50
10.47.332.
03:56
552. I can get them to exit, but they're filling up and they're coming back on the ramp.
04:01
Any other suggestion?
04:04
I have no idea.
04:06
This guy is trying to get it moving, but his trailer brakes are locked up.
04:09
I think they're frozen with ice or he's got an air leak.
04:12
So I have no idea.
04:14
We're just going to have to keep him stopped on 70 for now.
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