Semi-truck crash blocks highway near Granite Colorado, Granite CO
TrafficA semi-truck crashed near mile marker 194.5 on Highway 55 in Chaffee County, Colorado. The truck's cab went off an embankment and blocked all lanes. Icy road conditions and a large rock in the opposite lane made driving hazardous. Emergency responders managed the scene and stopped traffic near Granite.
Audio|Source: Chaffee County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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We have semi-truck blocking all lanes.
00:04
The cab of the truck is just over the embankment.
00:13
Responder is the 193.
00:15
The road is very difficult to stand on.
00:21
JP 10, copy.
00:24
Call out of contact.
00:25
QB10, go ahead.
00:30
(number withheld) and then also break for driver.
00:34
Go ahead with the driver.
00:38
It's going to be of Ohio, showing CDO.
00:42
Last of (name withheld), (name withheld), (name withheld), (name withheld), first of the Emery.
00:48
(name withheld), (name withheld), (name withheld).
00:50
The middle minister is going to be with a Charles.
00:52
Dana Berth is going to be 415 of 92, break for deal.
01:02
Go ahead.
01:05
Union Gated, (number withheld).
01:08
257.
01:11
2057.
01:16
All right is responding.
01:18
This is the 55, just past Clear Creek's where the black ice starts.
01:22
There's a large rock, the opposing lane.
01:25
Just be aware of hazards.
01:27
It is black ice, though.
01:32
Angel 1 copy is about the black ice and the rock in the road.
01:41
Rock in the road is at the 194 and a half.
01:47
The vehicles are clear valid.
01:49
Copy keys from other state please.
01:54
Copy 253.
02:00
Copy 2053.
02:04
Commandment Time 5, I'm 2 minutes out.
02:10
Good copy, I'd like you to come to scene and then the next vehicle in, I'm guessing, would be the engine.
02:15
I'd like you to stop around the corner over there and Granite and stop traffic back there.
02:26
Okay, clarify, you would like engine one to stop traffic at Granite, correct?
02:32
Okay, firm, I'd like them to stop just past Granite, at least where we got some strayway before the.
02:38
Where they can see them before the corner.
02:42
Okay, brake engine one, there's gonna be a nice pull off there, you can start stopping semi's past Granite, about a quarter mile or.
02:50
There's a bunch of portholes on the side, you can use that.
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Location mentioned:
Granite, CO 81211
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