Tractor trailer jackknifes, blocks lanes on Route 302, Carroll County NH
TrafficA tractor trailer jackknifed on Route 302 near the Highland Center during a blizzard. The vehicle blocked both lanes of the highway, causing traffic to back up and making it difficult for vehicles to turn around. Emergency responders arrived on scene reporting one person with a facial contusion. Authorities requested Department of Transportation and ambulance support to assist due to severe weather and blocked traffic.
Audio|Source: Laconia Area Police
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Transcript:
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Route 302, south of the Highland Center.
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There is a tractor trailer jackknifed across the highway on a steep downhill section.
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It is blocking both lanes.
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I just drove up onto it.
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I am going to walk up there and see.
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I will check with the driver, but it is going to take a lot of heavy equipment to get this thing out of here.
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I will let you know in a second what is going on.
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Porter is fall for negative 2370.
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13.
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5 13.
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It is 15 capital.
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10.5.
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Quarter is one Paul, 21, four, Paul,
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seven.
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Water.
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Hello.
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Can you just respond over 241 Garfield Street? I am going to attempt to get more information on the department and phone number.
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Mail parties on the line with 911 stating he was going to kill himself.
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They said it was very chaotic in the background and said to the operator, come find me, and then disconnected.
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Headquarters, the units responded to Garfield Street.
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It is going to be 41A as an Adam.
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The male party's name is going to be (name withheld).
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He is with me.
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He is relatively uninjured, got a contusion to his face.
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If you want to send, you are going to have to send Twin Mountain Ambulance down, but we are going to need DOT also because it is literally a blizzard up here.
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Traffic is starting to back up a little bit, and people cannot really turn around.
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But the tractor trailer is jackknifed between the coast and the guardrail, and it is completely blocking both lanes.
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10.5. We will put down an ambulance if we could get through.
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can get down to us.
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We are on the uphill side of the truck.
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They just have to go slow, but again, you should really send DOT also to get assaulted and plowed.
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US-302, New Hampshire
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