Multiple vehicles slid off road on highway due to snow, Willmar MN
TrafficMultiple vehicles, including a passenger car and a semi-truck, slid off the road near Willmar on US-12 because of heavy snow and low visibility. One semi-truck is blocking a lane and facing the wrong way. The driver has left the scene and the vehicles will remain until conditions improve.
Audio|Source: Willmar Police, Fire and EMS
02:28
Transcript:
00:00
I'm going to stay with these guys until they figure out what they're going to do now.
00:02
I guess there's two way down in the ditch.
00:08
Let's score like Kate.
00:14
Go ahead.
00:18
Dave,
00:20
my north routes are fairly covered now.
00:22
I'm not sure where you're at,
00:24
but it'll be on 24 soon.
00:30
10 4, I'm going to be watching them there.
00:39
When you need a toll for a passenger car, four door,
00:44
it's rolled, so they'll need probably a flat bit.
00:49
Ten four is it on all four wheels?
00:54
All four wheels, about 15 to 20 feet down a steep hill.
01:01
Summer.
01:06
I got like five miles north at 12 and they're covered.
01:17
I'm not sure if you've been in contact with DOT but they're looking for a game plan for those semis on Highway 12.
01:32
I didn't know there was semis.
01:34
There was one that was off the road.
01:38
The snow truck driver was going to come get to when the wind died down.
01:44
Then for all of them, no thank you.
01:50
Yep,
01:53
I copy that.
01:54
To the construction one.
02:01
Go ahead.
02:03
Yeah, with your 20.
02:06
Just head back up east,
02:08
out of Spicer, south or north rather.
02:12
Copy that.
02:15
7-9.
02:20
From the VOR that I'm on, there is a semi-blocking the northbound lane facing the wrong way.
02:25
Driver is no longer there and it's going to have to get left until conditions improve.
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US-12, Willmar, MN
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