Flooding and Disabled Vehicles Block Route 22 Lanes, Watchung NJ
Road ClosureFlooding on Route 22 near 7-11 and Stony Brook Bridge caused multiple vehicles to become disabled and stuck. Due to high water, the right and middle lanes eastbound have been closed while the left lane remains open. Traffic is heavily affected with vehicles blocked in several spots along the route.
Audio|Source: Somerset County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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Can you hit traffic at the high school? I just won't buy there now. There's cars everywhere.
00:08
There's all.
00:10
That's crazy.
00:20
Go for no wait.
00:24
Passive I reporting a disabled blue Honda or Toyota car near the 7-11 near Route 22, the one closer to Western Volt.
00:35
Copy.
00:37
Copy.
00:52
Oh, go ahead.
00:55
I can't you know the number for flooding Grove Street by the Stony Brook Bridge.
01:00
I believe it's kind of spec-notified DPW.
01:04
It may be backfilling from the Stony Brook.
01:07
I don't know if it's clogged or it's back-filling, but it's just going over in the street.
01:16
The one, you know that.
01:23
Yeah, from there, we have the same problem around Cleveland.
01:26
The book's just quiet enough to prevent the water to go down the street yet.
01:50
You respond to the area of 22 of east and west of Elfrade, EFB.
01:55
We got multiple calls.
01:57
Starts being played over there.
01:59
There's a vehicle in the middle lane, I'm sorry, the right lane,
02:03
possibly a stuck camel.
02:07
See what you're on.
02:21
You have Westdown floated by Somerset.
02:27
The two-way lands on our castle.
02:29
Oh,
02:33
great you see.
02:37
I'm also around our eastern right now, stuck in traffic down.
02:45
Corazon our lives. Just be advised.
02:47
Watchung just stop of 22 East by the Mavis.
02:51
This wedding.
02:55
Copy.
03:00
So, so, so that's all the records.
03:03
All right.
03:06
Show me out at the high school. Get on traffic.
03:26
Where is you do you have to flood here?
03:29
You either close it eastbound watch on? It's a watch on south of eastbound.
03:39
I'm over here looking for this VMV in the area of Westabella in 22.
03:44
It's flooded over here. I'm not sure if it's possible. I'm just arriving up.
03:50
Nice.
03:54
It's going to be a DMV they went through the water.
04:00
They're stuck.
04:05
If a DMV is stuck, you're clear for 38 for that. Also, the road, it's probably impossible you can check it out.
04:14
I hope it is. I'm going over and check the other side.
04:17
It doesn't look good over there.
04:19
Okay, I think the left, sir,
04:22
the,
04:24
on eastbound, the two, I'm closing down the two right lanes, excuse me, the middle lane and the right lane.
04:30
The left lane is still possible.
04:34
Thank you.
04:46
Stacey City County engine 50thew will be responding.
04:50
Sooner, if I...
04:53
Just got a call for a corner of the water blue-humane, Tucson in front of the generation Nissan. I'm not sure if that's the same cars before.
05:00
We were signing fire out there.
05:03
Please see. This is happening.
05:08
TechCourse District 3, that blue vehicle should be around the Nissan 545 Route 22.
05:16
Negative. It'll be on the other side by the penis.
05:21
If she's stuck in the water on the rank lane,
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I'm having all the vehicles go on the left British lane, which is still possible.
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US-22, Watchung, NJ
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