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Traffic control at maple and shannon due to sinkholeVan Wert OH

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audio iconRoad Closure
W Maple Ave & S Shannon St, Van Wert, OH 45891

As discussed during the dispatch call, traffic control assistance is underway at intersections near Maple Ave and Shannon St due to a newly reported sinkhole. Units are coordinating barricades to contain the scene.

Audio|Heard on: Van Wert County Public Safety
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02:37
Transcript:
00:00
Maple Command.
00:01
Advantage.
00:07
15.
00:10
Would you contact, sir, see if they're able to come down and assist with traffic control with Shannon and Maple?
00:21
Clear 515.
00:27
522 and clear clear clear 520.
00:37
124 signal 2 with a writer 14 zero soon.
00:59
8.5 signal 3.
01:10
515 and 600 or 800.
01:16
Just FYI, they're going to be about another hour on scene.
01:20
Let's see if I can get search to relieve you.
01:26
Okay.
01:31
At 15.
01:34
Go ahead.
01:36
I have served on the phone just confirming you need two units at both ends of the scene.
01:43
It would be nice if I could get one at Shannon and Maple with a vehicle and then maybe again another one where I'm at McKibbin and Maple.
01:55
Okay. Okay.
01:59
Also, they were logged at the street department personnel were advised of the start of a sinkhole as part of 346.
02:09
Oh,
02:10
that's quick.
02:17
Clear Cleave.
02:23
It is 10 to 15.
02:27
That's clear, thank you.
02:28
I have one unit go directly to South Shannon and Naples and the other one needs to come on Crawford on the McKibbon.

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W Maple Ave & S Shannon St, Van Wert, OH 45891

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