Traffic accident causes delays near Ballenger Creek Pike, Frederick County MD
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TrafficAccording to the dispatch call, a traffic accident occurred on Ballenger Creek Pike, Maryland, near the Digging and Rigging company. The incident caused delays for school buses and required rerouting through nearby roads such as Capstine and Maynard Woods Road. Emergency services, including a fire engine, were observed at the scene. The accident led to temporary road closures and travel adjustments for drivers in the area.
Audio|Heard on: Frederick MD Schools Group Calls
Listen to dispatch call
03:30
Transcript:
00:00
Pepper, can you see, is it an accident up there?
00:04
It's truck in front of me.
00:06
It's turned around. I might be able to see something, but right now I can't see anything.
00:11
It's like this in the morning.
00:13
It's all this construction traffic.
00:17
I see a fire engine up there, so it must be something.
00:21
Ten, four, thank you.
00:25
Tuscarora twelve to base.
00:29
Go ahead.
00:31
Skip, there's a bad accident on Ballenger Creek Pike.
00:35
They're rerouting us, so if you can put me down for at least ten minutes late, and I'm not even sure how I'm going to get a couple of my kids home yet.
00:45
Okay, to get through here, (name withheld)?
00:48
I'm sorry, what was that?
00:51
I guess we can get through here.
00:53
It looks like they're directing us through.
00:56
Did I hear someone say they're letting you through?
01:00
No, they're rerouting us through this new data center.
01:04
I don't know what's going on, Skip.
01:08
We'll have to let you know.
01:09
Block me, they won't let me through.
01:13
Just anybody going to Ballenger, where the Digging and Rigging company is, do not go that way.
01:24
She's going to hold the traffic so we can get turned around.
01:29
Card (number withheld) to (name withheld).
01:33
Go ahead, (name withheld).
01:36
If you get turned around, you can take Maynard Woods Road towards Capstine and then turn left on Capstine, that should bring you out around that accident.
01:46
10-4. I was trying to figure how I was going to get around.
01:51
Thank you so much.
01:54
How about it, (name withheld)?
01:56
Accident, accident.
01:58
They stopped me.
02:00
They wouldn't let me through.
02:02
Yeah, they didn't let me and (name withheld) through either.
02:05
They had to turn us around.
02:08
(name withheld) said to go up to where I can go to Capstine.
02:13
I'm not sure how you all need to go, but Capstine and then out to Ballenger that way.
02:19
10-4. Come on out.
02:22
If you could please put me for at least 20 minutes late for Ballenger Creek Middle School, and then I'll let you know if it's later.
02:32
Can you please repeat? I'm sorry.
02:36
That's okay.
02:37
You can put me down 20 minutes late for Ballenger Middle School, and then if I'm later, I'll let you know.
02:46
Okay,
02:47
I've got you down for 10 minutes for the high school.
02:50
Is that going to be good?
02:52
Make that 15, and then definitely 20 for middle.
02:57
Ten four.
02:59
Thank you.
03:04
That's what a (number withheld), (name withheld).
03:09
Go ahead.
03:11
Where's that accident at?
03:14
On Ballenger Creek Pike, if you pass Capstine, which I'm going now,
03:19
if you look up a little bit further, it's where the Digging and Rigging company is, it's right there where those people come out, it's a bad accident there.
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Location mentioned:
Ballenger Creek Pike, Maryland
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