Semi-truck jackknifed blocking eastbound off-ramp on I-80, Bureau County IL
TrafficA semi-truck jackknifed and is blocking the eastbound off-ramp on interstate 80 near milepost 81 in Illinois. The Illinois Department of Transportation is spreading salt to address slick conditions caused by fog and freezing temperatures.
Audio|Source: Illinois State Police, IDOT, EMA and LaSalle County Sheriff
02:33
Transcript:
00:00
Chris has my kind of jackknife on the off-ramp eastbound going on the 178.
00:07
He's trying to flag me down, but the boxes into the road and the cab is kind of a little bit on the side, but he's blocking traffic.
00:19
He's blocking the ramp.
00:27
Yeah, he's about halfway down the ramp with the butt end of his trailer, box trailer, he was kind of pulled out halfway into the lane.
00:37
All right, is there any way you can get around him and is it slick there?
00:45
He was pulling off.
00:47
You can get around him.
00:50
the board underneath the wheels and stuff, look like he's trying to get out, but he kind of looks like he flew him off, you know, with the end of the box still out into the lane and then it's tired to the ditch.
01:05
All right, father, you get a chance, run through there with some salt, make sure it ain't nice enough.
01:13
31, that's 51.
01:15
I just came through there and laid down some salt.
01:19
I don't know if you want to hit it again.
01:20
He tried flagging me down too, but I kept going.
01:45
Even if it looks okay, just kind of maybe spread a little bit of light coat if it looks wet still because we had some of this like fog, whatever, kind of rolled in this morning and temperatures could re-froze.
01:58
So all trucks, just kind of keep an eye on that.
02:02
It's been doubt, put a little shakedown.
02:08
Back night, semi-80, Eastbound at the milepost Citi-1 off-ramp, blocking the ramp.
02:15
Telfare. There's 53 available.
02:20
353, where's it at?
02:22
I-80, eastbound, milepost, 81.
02:26
The off-rance, called in by IDOT, that's spreading salt.
02:31
10-4[1]-4-L being right from post.
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I-80, Illinois
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