Flood blocks highway trapping vehicles near Sulphur Springs, Henderson County KY


A flooded section of Highway 145 near Sulphur Springs has trapped vehicles, including a UPS truck. Authorities are requesting state highway to place signs to close the road and prevent further vehicles from driving into deep water. Approximately three feet of water covers the area near a sharp curve by Beaver Dam Creek.
Audio|Source: Henderson County Public Safety
02:32
Transcript:
00:00
Right at Beaver Dam, there's water over the road, but you should be able to clear that.
00:03
We're going to return on sulfur springs now.
00:07
You're in course.
00:13
712, was it a UPS truck?
00:19
All I know, as they said, it was a brown truck,
00:22
like a brownish marooned truck, probably use that UPS stuff, probably.
00:26
We got a UPS truck right here on Highway 145 in the cold curve of Sulper Springs.
00:32
That's about worse, he told me it was that right there close to that truck curve.
00:40
Control, show us out with the UPS truck at 145 and Sulphur Springs.
00:45
Go ahead and contact State Highway.
00:46
There's no signs down here in this area and we got vehicles driving through this water.
00:52
Also, Sulphur Springs is flooded.
00:56
There's a state highway from 145.
00:59
Can you repeat that?
01:04
All the sulfur spring flooded and 145.
01:07
They're going to take her.
01:12
Southwestern and Highway 145 is flooded from Beaver Dam Creek to the, just around the sharp curve,
01:21
just past Sulphur Springs.
01:23
Probably about three foot of water.
01:28
712 on thing.
01:34
I think they're going to try to hook on to it, Jackie, if that's the one.
01:37
I'm trying to get out of the way with these people keep turning around behind us.
01:46
10 and 12, I think they're going to try to hook up to them.
01:50
Okay.
01:52
Are the ones that call, Chandler?
01:58
7-0-1 control.
02:01
Go ahead.
02:02
Go ahead.
02:07
Stander got the UPS truck pulled out.
02:10
When you're on the following State Highway, they're going to need signs on both sides of this flooded area.
02:17
We got people coming from the Little Dixie side still driving through it.
02:22
They've been up by their six double area.
02:24
Claire. We're going to stay in by here until they get something up, because if not, we're going to be right back out here.
02:32
Yep.
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Location mentioned:
Sulphur Springs Rd & KY-145, Kentucky 42406
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