Tanker truck with propane overturns and leaks diesel, Victoria County TX
TrafficA tanker truck carrying propane overturned in a ditch near US-77 and FM 682 in Texas. Diesel fuel is leaking, but there is no sign of propane leaking. Emergency crews are on site blocking traffic and attempting to reach the driver and arrange offloading of the propane.
Audio|Source: Lavaca County EMS
03:52
Transcript:
00:00
It's not all right now.
00:01
Repeat your traffic, please.
00:02
Good morning.
00:03
It comes back to an (name withheld) of (number withheld), Texas.
00:07
Exoration February 26 to a 97 Chevy.
00:10
Insurance confirmed.
00:11
Okay. Anyway, y'all, come show me to a 10-8-1.
00:14
Mediq to help him.
00:16
Medics, you go ahead. Mediq too will be changing locations and diverting around 682 to the other side of the accident trying to make access to the driver.
00:24
See board.
00:27
Five of you, I'm back in.
00:30
Yeah, probably too.
00:31
820 to a rescue one.
00:32
Go ahead for rescue one.
00:34
Rescue one, just be advised, we walk just a walk around there.
00:37
It's an 18-moly on the side.
00:38
It's full proplane.
00:39
Just goes up at the plant.
00:40
It's laying on the side in the ditch.
00:42
And we cannot find any leaks other than diesel leaking out of fuel tanks.
00:46
The rescue one, copy traffic.
00:48
Rescue 1, when you get on the scene, just go ahead and go past the truck in the ditch.
00:51
There's going to be a driveway on your left side that you can back in to and get you about 100 yards away.
00:58
Camp fire, rescue on fabric traffic.
01:00
Rule 8.20 to Medi 2.
01:02
No way.
01:03
We know anybody contact with that driver because I hadn't seen him yet.
01:05
We're here with 18-wilders turned over.
01:08
Find out if he's got his company and who's coming to offload this propane out of this truck.
01:13
That's here. We're on kind of our road now heading that direction.
01:15
He's supposed to be in that truck, from what I'm understanding.
01:19
10-4[1]. 820 fire station.
01:24
Go ahead for five stations.
01:25
I've been trying to get hold of (name withheld) with Fortran.
01:29
Could you have (name withheld) Fortran have then block all traffic at 77-682 until further notice?
01:36
Block traffic at 632 and 77 in top of that I make the call.
01:40
Would you like me to also update D1 a.m?
01:43
Oh, he's all the same.
01:44
Got, hello. Rescue One, Yelcombe.
01:49
Show Rescue 1, Yelkham. Show Rescue 1 on Z.
01:50
10 for a risky one.
Police codes explained
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10-4: Acknowledgment / Message received
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Location mentioned:
US-77 & FM 682, Texas 77995
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