Hundreds stuck as old Route 22 traffic jams near Allegheny, Blair County PA
Traffic on old Route 22 near Mule Shoe Hall comes to a halt with 100–150 cars stuck, sparking calls for road closures and fire police deployment.
Audio|Source: Blair County EMS, Fire, Police, Hazmat and Helos
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Transcript:
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We're going to try and get fire to shut down old Route 22.
00:04
Apparently, Crescentown State says that there's close to 100 to 150 cars stuck on old Route 22 turning around and causing a problem.
00:18
Okay,
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so they need me to respond in one location.
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Old Route 22,
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the bottom at the split.
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Buck's 20-4, copy control needed to shut down the roadway.
00:50
Station 20, 1603.
00:56
Gee, 50, Special Unit 20.
00:59
I can let that with my fire, please.
01:06
50, Special Union 20.
01:11
Yeah, Special Unit 20.
01:14
T50, they're calling for us there at the bottom,
01:18
old 22. You have FD50 and two fire police from plotting here.
01:26
Is it cool if we get that go?
01:28
Yeah, go take care of that.
01:32
Blair shows, especially in the round.
01:36
Here we see, Special Unit 2016 at 4, 0.22 to the bottom near Muleshoe Hollow Access Road.
01:45
Reported 100 to 100 Viggy cars now stuck.
01:49
Quet me you shut it down to bottom there.
01:57
Boehner, can you repeat your last transmission?
02:05
We got a call from a Cambria township officer stated there is a hundred to one hundred and fifty cars stuck on old 22.
02:13
See that starting to get a little messing up there.
02:17
Copy that Blair.
02:18
In that case, go ahead and start me Station 20 and if there's anything available from 50, I know they're pretty tied up as well.
02:31
All right, Dave.
02:37
Hey, does anybody know that sugar runs open?
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Location mentioned:
Old Rte 22 & Mule Shoe Ct, Allegheny Township, PA 16635
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