Red pickup drives wrong way dropping bricks on freeway, Mesa AZ
TrafficA red pickup truck pulling a trailer drove the wrong way on the 202 freeway near Brown Road in Mesa. The vehicle dropped bricks onto the roadway, creating a hazard in multiple lanes. Officers stopped their vehicles with lights on near the debris and coordinated with the Department of Public Safety to close lanes and manage traffic until the hazard was cleared.
Audio|Source: Mesa Police Department Superstition Patrol District
04:35
Transcript:
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202 is outbound from Brown.
00:03
There's a red pickup truck pulling a trailer going the wrong way.
00:07
It looks like you might drop some stuff in the road.
00:14
Copy? Do you have any units to start towards Brown in the 202?
00:19
Speaker 5-4?
00:22
One Baker 5-4.
00:24
Copy.
00:28
Social 51 confirming you said they were southbound and the northbound?
00:34
Sorry, northbound and the southbound.
00:38
It just exited at Brown.
00:41
And it looks like they dropped a bunch of bricks in the three and four lanes.
00:51
Traffic going east or west, can you tell?
00:58
It looks like they just turned around, they're coming back towards me.
01:05
Copy.
01:07
I'm stopped where all the bricks are, with my lights on off to the shoulder.
01:13
Copy.
01:19
3553.
01:21
Do you use transport to Cardins, you can clear me, put me back in my afternoon, please?
01:27
See.
01:33
Here you go 54 to Ocean 541.
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Go to 541.O.O.O.O.O.O.O.O.5.1.
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870 to Ocean 51
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3 for Ocean 51 at Brown and the 2, 2 not responding.
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1-acre 54, 2-acre 54, 844, traffic on 4.
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Ocean 51. I'm go 4-136-4.
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Sorry, it's loud out here.
02:14
I got out of the car.
02:17
Happy?
02:21
Maybe 34, I'm out.
02:24
Copy.
02:26
Copy that.
02:30
103. 10-4[1]. They give a code 4.
02:39
We don't have units on C-in.
02:40
Are you okay to clear the channel?
02:46
Is this reference the bricks in the roadway?
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10-4[1].
02:51
Yes, I'm good with clearing this channel.
02:53
11.
02:54
Copy.
02:57
872 to all units traffic working at Brown on the 202.
03:00
Received the code 4, channel 4 is clear at 1320.
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Lincoln 22, I'll copy all that.
03:07
10 4.
03:13
Ocean 51. Can we see if we get DPS in route here to help with Lane shutdown so that we get this cleared up?
03:21
10-4[1]. 5-4 to Ocean 5-1.
03:26
Are they still going wrong way?
03:32
Ocean 51 negative.
03:33
He turned around it, brown, it came back.
03:36
He fist-tailed and went sideways and that's why he was turned that way.
03:44
Copy.
03:49
Question 51-mine.
03:50
Copy it played on the truck.
03:53
Go ahead.
03:56
Arizona, Paul, one, Adam, six Nora, Sam.
04:00
Copy.
04:03
Did that vehicle return and come back to you?
04:09
Crown of 2012 Doddrams, 3,500.
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Question 5. Copy.
04:19
243, go ahead.
04:24
I invite some place right.
04:26
You're clear.
04:29
Copy, 1924.
04:31
Copy. Ocean 51, we have DPS and A.D in Rock to shutdown traffic.
Police codes explained
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment—message received and understood; affirmative or OK.
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Location mentioned:
Near E Brown Rd, Mesa, AZ 85201
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