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Eighteen-wheeler overturns on highway near spring marketMerkel TX

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Telephone Cir, Merkel, TX 79536

An 18-wheeler truck overturned on highway 277 north near highway 83 west, in front of the Spring Market. The driver exited safely. Fire was seen and emergency units responded. The highway was blocked, but no one needed to be removed from the vehicle.

Audio|Source: Taylor County Fire and EMS Departments
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Transcript:
00:00
Blaine, it's going to be an 18-wheeler.
00:01
The occupant did get out.
00:07
8,800 north of the next five.
00:14
Three west and highway 277 north meets.
00:16
It's going to be a singular 18 wheeler flipped over.
00:21
104 I'll be in row.
00:24
Set four.
00:29
Dispatch visual fire.
00:35
Sunboard.
00:37
The floor.
00:41
We're going to stay in another unit.
01:00
in front of the spring market.
01:02
Highway 277 north right where it meets Highway 83 west in front of the spring market.
01:16
Highway 277 north right where it meets Highway 83 west in front of the spring market for an 18 wheeler slip.
01:27
Time now 431.
01:34
408 dispatch.
01:40
At least a high-speed laying on the northbound side shut down, there's a spool wire in the way.
01:52
Where it needs to type of a few left in front of the spring market.
02:03
Mr.Metra 480, that's a much highway 277 north right where it meets highway 83 west from the spring market.
02:09
Highway 27 north right where meets highway 83 west from the spring market for an individual, unknown issues of this time.
02:23
Just fetching going to get tech start en route as well.
02:30
So to get DPS in route as well.
02:40
319 defense.
02:43
What do we, uh,
02:47
what do we need over there? Are we traffic control or we got to extricate?
02:58
for, thank you.
03:13
No extrication needed, we've just got a highway block for one end of the next.

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Telephone Cir, Merkel, TX 79536

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