Tractor trailer leaking fuel blocks eastbound 255 near Telegraph Road, St Louis County MO


A tractor trailer leaked fuel on eastbound 255 near Telegraph Road, causing the road to be blocked. The truck and downed wires shut the road, and crews from MODOT and a utility company are on the way to manage the situation.
Audio|Source: Missouri State Highway Patrol - Troop C
03:23
Transcript:
00:00
Tractor trailer is leaking a full tank of fuel.
00:03
They're just requesting traffic control.
00:05
MODOT has been notified with the two-hour ETA, and it will be 255 eastbound just east of Telegraph.
00:15
10-4[1], I'm en route still.
00:20
Can you see where they want me to set up that for traffic control?
00:25
4.01, that's clear. We'll take an advice, 427.
00:27
Tripsicle.
00:33
St. Louis County.
00:39
All right to Jury.
00:41
WQOvo. WQOOOO.
00:46
I want you to set up eastbound 255, Easton Telegraph,
00:52
just behind the officers that are unseen for early warning.
01:01
It looks like 344 is the 0500. We'll try and get you some relief up there as soon as we can.
01:12
429 trips are clear.
01:18
Foreweldon?
01:20
634.
01:22
The driver's been dropped off, I'm headed back to the crash team, or crash scene to wait for, so.
01:35
That's clear.
01:37
At 4.30?
01:47
688431 troops clear.
01:49
Six and a Walden, traffic south.
01:56
600.
02:00
West Mound at Ryan Road, up with a black pickup truck, nothing further.
02:10
600, 433, troops.
02:16
401.23.
02:19
We're going to be eastbound 255 just west of Telegraph.
02:25
401-4-34 ships close.
02:32
Oh.
02:36
634.
02:41
Can you check with Amaren and see how far out their crew is?
02:49
Does fire still on scene with you?
02:55
If there was an Amaren worker on scene, he disconnected the wires, but he did not state how far out their crew was.
03:06
Is clear is any debris or equipment blocking the road?
03:16
Self and a Jackson County deputy have the road shut down and the truck and wires are still blocking the road.
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment or confirmation that a message was received and understood.
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