Semi crash closes Iowa Highway 3, chaos erupts, Wright County IA
TrafficHighway 3 in Wright County shut down with semi-truck crash causing hazardous conditions and coordinated detours off the interstate to manage traffic.
Audio|Source: Wright County Public Safety - Digital
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Transcript:
00:00
You know, they start shutting them down a while ways back here, seven.
00:05
I think that semis are doing probably, 60.
00:09
Yes.
00:13
Yeah, probably 1040.
00:15
7-40.
00:18
Seven right.
00:22
Do it.
00:24
Dr. Bonstetter, he'll only come out if I can get a plow to take care of Highway 3, so called the DOT.
00:30
They are going to attempt to get a plow to go do Highway 3 over to Highway 69.
00:35
I'll give Cody a call back and see if he's willing to give it a try.
00:43
How far? I'm going to be 23 at that semi.
00:48
It's...
00:54
Tenor.
00:58
We're on 994.
01:00
994.
01:03
994.
01:08
I'm unaware of those are assigned board north of the Dow's exit there to like that, I think it was 159.
01:18
You can put up,
01:20
let's just state that the interstate's closed due to an accident.
01:26
Ten for all the ice TNC.
01:29
10-4[1]. I'm going to push everybody off at 159 until we get this cleared up.
01:34
South Orleans closed at the 153.
01:40
10-4[1].
01:42
10-4[1]. 10-4.
01:45
10-4[1].
01:49
Go ahead.
01:52
If you can, I'm going to write down to you, search, pushing everybody off at there at the 159 of Dallas John Coombe.
02:02
I got done for, I got a semi that's going to T-bone me here.
02:06
I'm trying to get to slow down, but he is about ready to earn myself to Sam.
02:15
Simon, you want me to call out six.
02:19
Yeah, because it's going to start picking up a traffic here.
02:23
We're going to have a mess.
02:30
Sponsiders are going to try to be en route.
02:39
24.
02:47
See, radio supplies are not calling anybody out or when the next trip will come out to work?
02:55
I can ask when the next one comes out.
02:57
I tried to ask if they would call anybody out and they're like, we don't have anybody out.
03:02
I was thinking that as if they weren't going to.
03:07
Ah, don't worry about it.
03:14
Super, I'll come six.
03:21
County, Southern.
03:24
Good.
03:27
Could you, when you get a chance, could you mock or text me, Don Fitter's phone number, please, so I can update him what he's getting into here?
03:37
Okay.
03:42
I think I'm going to try and just keep the left lane open and keep them on the right side if that makes sense.
03:49
Yeah, 10-4[1], that would be good.
03:51
That way we can get people through and we need them to get through here.
03:57
Yeah, 10-4[1].
04:04
Also, 1069 to 6, he'll come out.
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