Truck crash causes large oil spill in Verndale

Heard on: Wadena MN Law Dispatch Group Calls

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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You want to stop at that yellow house just 1st when you turn there to talk to the property owner? Out there, trees.

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Ten four.

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4115, what do you got? Go ahead.

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You want to page Verndale Fire and just have them come out here.

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We just need a, this thing's leaking a lot of oil and we want to get it before it gets off the road.

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Ten four.

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Just let them know specifically we need like the floor dry.

00:31

Ten four.

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4107, I'm going to be 10-6 at (number withheld) Northwest 5th Avenue in Verndale.

00:41

Thank you, 48.

00:43

4115, what do you got?

00:45

4115.

00:48

Yeah, see if you can get us a tow for a big rig.

00:51

It's gonna be truck and trailer.

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It's gonna have to stay together for a post-crash.

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And let them know it's a reefer van and it is loaded.

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10-4.

7/28/2026 05:46 PM

Traffic

5th Ave SE, Verndale, MN 56481

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, radio traffic indicates a possible truck and trailer crash near a yellow house by trees in Verndale, with a large oil leak reported on the roadway. Fire crews are requested to bring absorbent material, and a tow is requested for a loaded refrigerated rig that needs to be removed in one piece.