Passenger vehicle crashes into tractor trailer on i-787, Watervliet NY
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TrafficAs discussed during the dispatch call, a passenger vehicle collided with the rear of a tractor trailer on I-787 southbound near exit 8, causing lane closures and traffic backups on nearby Alternate 7. Drivers are advised to use alternate routes.
Audio|Heard on: K2RHI 146.94000 MHz Repeater
Listen to dispatch call
03:29
Transcript:
00:00
We have, let's see,
00:02
we have a crash on 787 southbound by exit 8.
00:08
The map is saying right shoulder closed, but I just heard this help truck saying that the left lane and center lane were closed.
00:16
So,
00:18
and I understand there are backups onto alternate 7.
00:22
So it sounds to me like a good place to avoid.
00:25
alternate routes would be advised.
00:27
That's the only incident right now.
00:30
KB2GOM.
00:34
Exit 8. Is that the alternate seven interchange or is that the 23rd Street?
00:40
That's 23rd Street.
00:44
Roger that.
00:45
Reach it downstairs and M2R.
00:48
Not to put too fine a point on it, but you know, as soon as you come off of Alt 7 under 787 Southbound, the 23rd Street exit pops up almost immediately.
01:02
Yeah, I worked in Menance, and my son, when he was little,
01:08
I went to daycare at a parochial school in Watervliet, and I lived in Cohoes, and I would have to get on at 23rd Street to go all the way to the end of 787.
01:22
You know, you're trying to get on there.
01:24
People are trying to dive off.
01:26
Whoever... Whoever designed that interchange should be beat with a stick repeatedly.
01:36
I had a friend who made a remark about a similar kind of a situation said that person should be ceremonially maimed on the courthouse steps.
01:48
Yeah,
01:51
I'll meet you downstairs.
01:52
Send them to work.
01:54
Roger that.
01:56
I don't know.
02:17
W2RJOMobil.
02:20
AB2GOM.
02:23
Good morning.
02:25
I don't know if you're aware, but eastbound through away between 25 and 24 is pretty much a crawl.
02:36
Roger that.
02:37
I did hear something about an accident on the throughway frequency, but I didn't get the location.
02:43
Perhaps that is ahead of you.
02:45
In addition,
02:47
now this is kind of weird.
02:49
A little while ago I had scanner chatter about a crash,
02:55
787 southbound passenger vehicle into a tractor trailer.
02:59
I called TMC.
03:00
They said it was vicinity exit 8.
03:03
Oh, wait a minute, something to...
03:04
just popped up, hang on.
03:08
Okay,
03:09
787 southbound, vicinity exit 8, which is 23rd Street, all lanes are closed.
03:17
Again,
03:18
787 southbound, vicinity exit 8,
03:22
23rd Street, all lanes are closed.
03:24
We understand their backups onto alternate 7.
03:27
Obviously, alternate routes are advised.
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Location mentioned:
23rd St, Watervliet, NY 12189
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