Hazardous material spill closes road near Ridgeland High School, Rossville GA
Road ClosureA hazardous material spill occurred near Ridgeland High School on Happy Valley Road in Ringgold, Georgia. Multiple emergency vehicles, including hazmat units and fire trucks, responded to the scene. The road is closed and drivers are advised to avoid the area due to the spill.
Audio|Source: The Lookout Mountain Amateur Radio Community Repeater System
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Transcript:
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Deputy 4 EDP, for anybody on Highway 2 right there at Ridgeland High School at Happy Valley Road, there's been some kind of accident.
00:08
It must be some kind of hazmat spill because they got spill vehicles and big old Yates wreckers and dump trucks and all kinds of stuff.
00:17
So be careful coming through there.
00:19
Deputy 4 EDP. Hold your breath in it.
00:21
Don't breathe the air.
00:22
KM6 UTC.
00:23
Well, I held my breath for as long as my old self could.
00:27
Yeah, I'd hold my breath and didn't forget I had to recirculate in the truck on.
00:31
Back in the old days, we'd just take a cigarette to filter out the bad stuff.
00:35
That's another world back then.
00:36
Yeah, I'm not sure what happened.
00:38
I mean, there's two or three, you know, big old Triactyl dump trucks and some skid loaders and a hazmat spill trailer, two or three big fire trucks.
00:50
Must be a half a dozen county or state patrol cars, light flashing going on, but I don't see any crash vehicles there, so don't know what happened when, but they got it all blocked up.
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Location mentioned:
Near Happy Valley Rd, Rossville, GA 30741
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