route 38 closed in upshur county due to icy roads and accidents, Upshur County WV
Road ClosureRoute 38 in Upshur County was temporarily closed by police and road crews due to hazardous icy conditions that caused multiple accidents on a steep curve and hill. Traffic was stopped to allow for salting and to prevent further accidents.
Audio|Source: Upshur County Police, Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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302, all units, go ahead and shut your post down.
00:03
Shut your post down.
00:12
Mark, we're going to go ahead and shut down 38 for a little bit until we get some salt on this.
00:16
It's just too dangerous where this thing's at around the curve and the hill and everything else.
00:21
We're having another accident.
00:22
We're going to shut down.
00:24
Panboard, do you need another vehicle out there for the bottom side or you're just trying to stop the tractor from coming down the hill?
00:36
It may not hurt.
00:39
We're not getting all the traffic's coming off the 92 in, but we're getting around this flying curve and they're flying up the hill.
00:45
But having to get out around it in a hurry, and then other stuff's coming down the hill.
00:49
So yeah, I've heard somebody else comes to traffic control, but I think we're just going to shut down.
00:53
It's in a bad spot.
00:57
Yeah, and four.
01:00
I'll come help you shut it down.
01:02
321, being right from the office.
01:05
Okay, it's on a hill,
01:08
that little downhill part right before Bawthon Road, but you can barely stand up on the road.
01:13
It's just like watch getting out of your vehicle.
01:22
It's in for me there in a little bit.
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