Vehicle wreck on US-377 blocks highway after driver flees, Fort Worth TX
TrafficA vehicle crashed into a cable barrier on US-377 near Martha Lane, Texas. The driver fled on foot, blocking the highway until emergency crews removed the cable.
Audio|Source: Parker County Public Safety
05:24
Transcript:
00:00
Paul, 404, sent to their agency accident investigation.
00:04
Okay, Parker.
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15,000, 16,000, block the South U.S.
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Highway 377.
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We've got a third-party caller, sounds like a vehicle went off the road into the cable barrier, tangled under the vehicle.
00:24
Okay, 4 Parker, I'm in the room.
00:30
We're not to find fire in EMF, unknown major, caller just passerby.
00:35
Okay.
00:44
Squad 30, engine 30.
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Priority 1[1].
00:47
Major accident.
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15,862 block of Selfus Highway 377.
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Cross streets near Martha Lane.
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Box 3007.
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Metak 31, incoming call, 15,862 Selfus Highway 377.
01:13
Cross streets near Martha Lane, Box 3007.
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Oh,
01:22
Squad 230 responding.
01:24
Squad 230 responding.
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Metac 31. Priority 2[2].
01:37
Motor vehicle collision.
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15,862 Selfus Highway 377.
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Fire 4. Cross streets near Martha Lane.
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Box 3007.
02:01
Authority responding?
02:05
Third responding?
02:14
Laram, Chief 230's on.
02:17
All right, one vehicle, southbound side closed.
02:23
Chief 230 on with one vehicle, southbound side closed.
02:28
North 7-230 on with one vehicle, southbound side closed.
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North 7 to try together.
02:41
100 minerals highway, much lumber in the roadway.
02:51
Yeah, it's on this case.
02:55
Warren, Chief 230.
02:57
Go ahead.
03:02
I got a guide cable across the whole roadway.
03:05
Seems the driver that caused the accident has fled the scene.
03:11
Nothing from the driver specifically.
03:13
We've got a couple more passersby calls with the same information.
03:17
Fire me, and I've been in-round but haven't checked with us yet.
03:20
We'll see if they're on scene.
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10-4[3].
03:24
The DPS has been notified, correct?
03:26
Great. Cable across roadway, driver fled scene.
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Affirmative.
03:32
They're going to have to call somebody and get them out.
03:34
It's after hours.
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EMS is on scene.
03:36
Looks like they have the...
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Southbound side of the roadway closed at the moment.
03:41
C-3-1. C-230 from 1.
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Paul 418, Parker, I'm on team.
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221. 221.
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G30 for one.
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G30.
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Do we know if the driver that hit the cable fled on foot or in a vehicle?
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I'll try to find out.
04:22
We just got the cable off the roadway, reopening.
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Roachie.
04:28
Hello. Hello.
04:30
All 418 Parker.
04:32
Do you have other tools that were damaged by the cable windows across? Go ahead.
04:38
Copy lines were damaged.
04:41
I just added Michael's phone over to my call sheet.
04:45
Can you just give them a call? See if you'll set that for me.
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2.22.
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Call 404.
04:57
Okay.
05:03
404 fires on the scene that by them they got the cable off the roadway. Roadway is back open again. Saying the driver fled, we're assuming on foot because of vehicle damage, but no response from fire crew yet. 10 418, made contact, stepping outside.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Priority 1: Highest-priority emergency response
[2]
Priority 2: Non-emergency/urgent response (generally without lights and sirens)
[3]
10-4: Acknowledgment / Message received
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US-377, Texas
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