Semi truck blocks lane on Highway 57 due to power loss, Butler County IA


A semi-truck lost power and is blocking one lane of Highway 57, causing traffic congestion. The driver is waiting for a tow truck and his supervisor to arrive.
Audio|Source: Butler, Grundy, Hardin, and Franklin County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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This 1046 that you're going to be by the Viaduct, I believe it's going to be a semi-trafter trailer. I just got a call from the driver, (name withheld).
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(name withheld) advised that he lost all acceleration and power on his semi.
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He is currently blocking the highway, the one lane.
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He was a calling to his boss who's on his way from Mason City, and they were calling a tow truck out of Rockwell.
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Well, you can call them back and some are calling patients. There's one lane there, we cannot keep that shut down for that long.
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Okay.
00:36
Good. 3-2-1, pardon, Johnny.
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The driver 1069 amazons will be in route.
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Okay.
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Okay,
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welcome, 7-20.
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One from five.
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Good, Kirk.
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Thank you. And we get 23, just let me know if you'll meet it.
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It's right over that way. Okay.
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I'm just down there.
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It takes you get the whole lane blocked, or that one lane, which is just crippled that entire traffic on 57 here.
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Good one. Now, I'll continue that way.
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IA-57, Iowa
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