Road closed due to smoke near Virginia Grove Road, Louisa County IA
Road ClosureRoad near Virginia Grove Road in Louisa County was closed due to limited visibility from smoke. Fire personnel blocked traffic until the smoke cleared. A hit and run incident involving a small child occurred nearby; the child was injured but is okay. Authorities searched for the vehicle involved.
Audio|Source: Cedar, Louisa, and Muscatine Counties Public Safety
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Transcript:
00:00
Probably just staged right at Virginia Grove Road.
00:02
I think it was probably shut the whole thing down because you cannot see anything.
00:07
So you're on the west side of it then, I figure?
00:11
On the west side trying to get vehicles stopped before they get to the fire personnel.
00:16
So.
00:22
Cedar Rapids 250 in traffic.
00:30
Three Southman at Wilson, Ocean Victor Paul, 243.
00:34
Iowa, Ocean Victor Paul, 243.
00:37
It's called Saturn, Saturn, Sadd.
00:44
Reach, Wapello Fire, and just haven't blocked the entire road.
00:46
People are still trying to drive through here.
00:53
Sorry, Marion, you were walking on traffic.
00:55
Can you talk again?
00:58
...wifle a fire on fire ground,
01:00
On county fire, they have blocked the entire road but cars are still trying to come through here.
01:09
Fire from county.
01:11
Fire from county.
01:15
Speedway, up as well 56, 10-482.
01:18
42, 1535.
01:24
Are you want to block or unblock?
01:32
Blocked or unblocked?
01:35
Completely blocked.
01:36
We have a vehicle still trying to drive through here.
01:41
26.
01:45
903, go ahead.
01:48
You can respond to Mark Unit 6 and Cedar.
01:53
We had a hit and run of a small child here.
01:56
He did get hit, but he was okay.
01:58
We're looking for a tan F10 pickup that went inbound on Cedar Street.
02:04
No other details on that.
02:07
Time for you.
02:08
Do you need the ambulance?
02:10
Yeah,
02:11
respond to EMF here to take a look at him.
02:17
10. Two, six, two, seven.
02:19
You're a directional map.
02:26
For a small child that was just hit by a vehicle, just had a foot injury.
02:31
Let's be checked out.
02:32
513, second, second, okay, 15, 37.
02:39
No, Korea, you have a direction of travel?
02:43
Yeah, inbound on Cesar Street.
02:45
Musco, am you able to pull up anything in the video office hour?
02:53
And it was not pointed in the right direction?
02:57
Abby.
03:00
Me,
03:01
too.
03:02
That was right.
03:06
Let's got 903, copy of place.
03:09
This is a parrot.
03:11
Iowa,
03:14
Queen, Boy William, 471, QVW 471, she's here with him.
03:22
Turn.
03:27
I'm sending antennae for that one.
03:33
Thank you. 9.03 from 247, confirming it was brown.
03:40
That's 10.
03:44
Witnesses here say 10, but it could be brown.
03:47
Seven,
03:48
you want us to respond?
03:58
Down 247, can you run in a plate? Go ahead.
04:03
Ida. Our robber, A.
04:05
Adam, 215, R8A, 215.
04:07
I'm just going to do an informational stop on this vehicle at 92 and second.
04:15
Tenfer. Turn to adjust and Bennett.
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10 to.
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Direct.
04:26
When you have a minute, I have some descriptors.
04:32
Okay, it's black, but we'll see.
04:37
No, it was a TNF10.
04:44
221, what's the description?
04:49
A white male in his 50s, 60s with a longer veer.
04:58
Was he wearing a cap or no cap?
05:05
They think, yes, a cap.
05:11
Either a cap or a beanie.
05:16
Okay,
05:18
we'll figure something out here.
05:24
I have two of the people here that saw it if you need me to put them in the car and drive to your location.
05:30
If you could.
05:37
247, 221, what's your location?
05:40
That's that bridgeside.
05:43
Okay, we'll meet you there.
05:51
301 go ahead sure what deputy have um Wapello is going to move their engine off the road the smoke's not going across the road no more think you guys can open it up
06:07
Plan for I will relay that information.
06:21
Truck stated they're going to move out of the roadway.
06:23
They said that there is visibility now, smoke's not going across the roadway, so cars should be able to go through.
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Louisa County, IA
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