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Vehicle blocking highway lane near Vulcan Creek road, Watauga County NC

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Traffic

Reported: 12/19/2025 02:03 AM

U.S. Hwy 421 S, North Carolina

As discussed during the dispatch call, a vehicle was blocking one lane of Highway 421 near Vulcan Creek Road. Troopers authorized marking and moving the car, resulting in the road being partially cleared during cleanup.

Audio|Heard on: Watauga County Fire, EMS and Rescue, Boone and Blowing Rock Fire

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01:53

Transcript:

00:00

If you're related, it's HP, if it's okay, if we mark and move this v-nickel, it's going to be in a pretty bad curve, we've about got the road cleared up.

00:08

See if we can get this car out of the road.

00:18

Engine 18, traffic.

00:20

We also have 4126 on boarder.

00:28

I've got 23-27.

00:35

Go ahead.

00:38

H.P.

00:43

Trooper, head in or out to you.

00:44

He's advising it's acknowledgment / ok.

00:46

If you want to go ahead and mark and move that car.

00:51

Got me.

00:57

Call your 20-30 times up.

01:04

All right, the road is marked.

01:06

We're going to open down the Vulcan Creek Road just to get out of this curve.

01:15

Really quiet.

01:16

Can you advise the road name for me again?

01:29

Thank you, sir.

01:37

The car is immobile.

01:40

We're going to go ahead and lock one lane at 421 and we're going to go ahead and lock one lane of 421 and we can't remain on sick.

01:51

Thank you.

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U.S. Hwy 421 S, North Carolina

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