Truck jackknifes on median causing fuel leak in Stamford, Stamford CT


A truck jackknifed on the median of West Ave in Stamford, resulting in about 100 gallons of fuel leaking into a catch basin. Emergency responders, including fire department and environmental protection, are managing the situation. Two vehicles are involved and located about 300 feet apart. Traffic control measures are in place around the scene.
Audio|Source: South Central Region Area Police
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Transcript:
00:00
All right, we're out with it.
00:07
It's Jack Knife on the median.
00:08
It looks like he was traveling northbound at the time.
00:10
You just have a trooper arriving now.
00:13
Yep.
00:14
36-12[1] drives, we got a tactic fire inside the catch phase of the Northbound drive, a few leak from the truck of trail.
00:22
Roger? Roger. Go ahead.
00:23
31. I got one car facing the off-standing in the left shoulder.
00:26
I have one car in the left plane.
00:29
I've tried to move over to the left shoulder as well.
00:31
All right. 13-6-4[2]. 361-3-3-6-2-2-2-2-2-3.
00:39
6-1.
00:40
We had a full saddle tank.
00:42
We've got a full breech here, about a hundred gallons into the cache basin.
00:45
FD[3] is working on putting in on that.
00:47
Roger. It's going to be emptied when we're ready for the heavy bid if you want to start deep out here.
00:57
Hey, and...
00:59
Sir, Roger. We're going to call deep. Not 12 through this problem.
01:02
Okay, cool. Stop value, team.
01:04
Can you get them over to the right shoulder with the floor room?
01:05
Roger, just to be advised, there's probably a 300 feet difference between vehicle one and vehicle two.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
36-12: Unit identifier (no specific crime code)
[2]
13-6-4: Unit identifier
[3]
FD: Fire Department
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Location mentioned:
West Ave, Stamford, CT
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