Road closure for children's procession near stadium, Maplewood NJ
Road ClosureOfficers closed roads near Richmond, South Orange, and Underhill to secure a safe procession of children moving to the stadium. Traffic was stopped to prevent vehicles from entering the procession area, ensuring safety for all participants.
Audio|Source: Maplewood Police Department
02:44
Transcript:
00:00
All right, can we get somebody up by Richmond?
00:07
Five six, I'll hand on. Five six, I'll hand, yeah.
00:14
37 South Arnd is supposed to be up there.
00:20
Yeah, this is wide open right here, but I'm at this intersection now going through as the leads.
00:26
There's no way they're going to be able to get through, but the cars are backing up right here.
00:31
Yeah, 337, I'm over here now. I'm turning on these cars now.
00:35
I'm not saying at the end of the corners and all comes down.
00:38
All right, we also got cars turning out from South Orange, so we need to stop this traffic. I don't know where his officer is up here.
00:54
I got Richmond and Wolves on the shut off now.
00:57
So you should be good on my side.
01:03
Yeah, I got to stop because cars were left through from Underhill area. So I'm just going to stop so it's safe for the kids here.
01:10
Plus, it's not even safe for me to drive the car here, the way they're walking.
01:18
Get me on the toilet, please.
01:24
Is there anyone that can shut down the streets?
01:28
This isn't new.
01:32
No, Scott, you got the South Orange officer on the corner. I can't get to him.
01:37
Swing a Maple unit over there, because he's not stopping traffic.
01:45
If you want to hit over.
01:51
Okay.
01:57
For some town head over there, it sounds like you need assistance.
02:04
All right, Senator, we're good.
02:06
All the kids are in on there, we're going to be cleared up in a second.
02:13
I couldn't hear, you want to come back?
02:19
I'll just put it on the air. His assignment was to stop traffic, not kids,
02:24
not cross kids, just to stop the traffic.
02:27
Not let cars go into the procession.
02:36
I get that.
02:37
I don't work in South Orange, no. He's been advised.
02:40
We're good.
02:41
Since we're all back in.
02:43
Everybody is in the stadium safely.
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Maplewood, NJ 07040
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