Head-on crash on US-59 near Erhard leaves one dead
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Wadena,Otter Tail, Hubbard, and Todd County Public Safety
06:03
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322, taking a head-on crash 59 just north of Dunck Road in Erhard.
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Unknown injuries.
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341 from 18 and 1.
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318 Deer Lake.
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09 East Bad Lake.
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Any word on injuries yet? I don't know if any injuries.
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Seventeen hours, so we'll be clearing here shortly.
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One thirty-one,
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thirty-one.
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One zero nine.
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One 31 . We're available if you need us.
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Head down.
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Ten four, please.
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Otter Tail Pelican Rapids ambulance, Pelican Rapids fire respond.
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North of, sorry, north of Erhard on 59 for a head-on crash.
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OT two, 1650 .
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Cross five one, Otter Tail.
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We acknowledge pager and route.
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Ten four.
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Three hundred and twenty-five, and we're out from Star Lake Forty-One.
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South Dakota Rapids Fire, please respond down road US Highway 59 just north of Erhard.
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Head-on collision, unknown injuries.
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Time of page 1651.
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6150, out.
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Detroit 2930, cars.
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We have a 1052, possibly a 1054, Highway 59, mile marker 235, for a two-vehicle crash, head-on.
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There are injuries.
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We have fire on that and route.
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Hi, sir.
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232, come on, go ahead.
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Okay, go ahead.
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309, 318.
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Go ahead.
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251, go ahead.
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We're still over here.
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You can angle that way, but you're down to respond to it.
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Go ahead. Over.
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I'll head that way too.
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Copy.
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28, if you can advise what you need when you get there, please.
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Two 6151 . Two 610427 .
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Five one, go ahead.
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Go ahead.
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We are checking on site right now.
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Copy that.
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Copy that.
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Yeah, we're on our way to the ER right now.
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I'll hang around the area for a bit.
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Ten four, thank you.
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Detroit car is responding to this possible 54.
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I'm going to start DOT for road closure.
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It's going to be a confirmed 54 by a nurse on scene.
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232 copy.
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Got a call, read copy.
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317, I tell.
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10-4, we're making one call now.
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317.
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Thank you, stage traffic is confirmed 54.
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10-4.
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251. Two hundred and thirty-two.
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I am coming from PL.
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Helicopter to dispatch.
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Helicopter.
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Ten four.
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Might be me there.
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Raining pretty good here now.
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We're responding to that.
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Oh, accident.
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Sixteen fifty-three.
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Yeah, it's raining really good here too.
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Alright, so 6151 .
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Six 151 , go ahead.
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Do you have one confirmed fatality?
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Copy that. We're just behind the county on 50 .
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Ten four.
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Six 150 , copy that.
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Traffic.
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Ten 04:50 .
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One nine Otter Tail, can you check with state to see what they want traffic for? I heard they just shut down.
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Ten four.
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One 31 Otter Tail.
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Ten 31 . Ten six.
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1654.
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Grab me the 20 here.
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(number withheld), I'll get the other one in a moment.
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139, Otter Tail 10-6.
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Two 32309 on Otter Tail.
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Judging on where it's at on my map, we can divert County Three down to County Twenty Four to loop around.
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Yeah, for I am not sure if Twenty Four is open going back, but we'll figure it out.
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Yeah, for otherwise, yeah, County Twenty Eight to Twenty One.
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The Thirty One Otter Tail, I got the 2nd Twenty Eight.
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Go ahead with it.
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Six 151R Tower, pulling up on scene.
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Five one on scene, 1656 .
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(number withheld) , it's going to be the victim via 54 vehicle and road is blocked.
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Forty one oh eight, we do not.
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Can you advise is 24 open, sent traffic through for a diversion or not?
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Forty one oh eight.
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Good evening, over.
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Good evening, and it's 1656 .
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It's not marked closed on our map, but I believe it's closed from 59 to the east.
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I think you can still get through town on the city street further east of that intersection.
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28, I'm clear of that trespass.
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We'll be in for her.
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Can't work.
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Helix fire on scene.
Traffic
