Tractor-trailer accident causes unstable vehicle on interstate, Westmoreland County PA
TrafficA tractor-trailer went over an embankment on Interstate 70 westbound near exit 51 in Westmoreland County. The vehicle is unstable, and the driver remains inside but is not seriously injured.
Audio|Source: Westmoreland County Fire
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Transcript:
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Westmoreland Island Station 48 Respond, Interstate 70 westbound.
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Just before exit,
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46.
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Reveigal accident,
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tractor trailer returned.
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Everty embankment.
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Squad 48 received additional call advise and it's going to be a half mile before exit 51 the exit 251 northbound Okay
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All right, it's fetch squad 48
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Yeah, it is much
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I've received a ton of calls on this.
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One caller advised vehicles to be over the embankment, unknown if the driver is trapped,
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is to be inside.
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Okay, just confirming this is Westbound,
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51,
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right?
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Yeah, westbound in your mile marker 46.6, just before the exit throughout 51 north.
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Okay.
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Five and six.
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Traffic's still moving westbound, entering eastbound and entering east pump in 51.
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Slide 105, 105, 4-05, number 7.
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Flag in 48 receipts.
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Squad, confirming location it's going to be about a half mile before the exit, westbound.
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About the same location where the truck crash was.
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Confirming we can't come the wrong way towards the bridge?
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No, the lanes are open.
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If I stay on the shoulder, can I get the utility down the wrong way?
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I don't know what the status of the construction lanes or the travel lanes are open.
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Squad 105, Chief 11.
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Yeah, Chief.
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Yeah, I'm on seeing here.
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Driver's still in there.
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Okay,
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we're making a loop.
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(name withheld), is he trapped?
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No, it's just really unstable.
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It doesn't seem like he's injured.
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It's just, it's really unstable at this point.
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If he moves, the vehicle itself moves.
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I-70, Pennsylvania
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