Major traffic accident closes I-71 and Freeway 176 in Cleveland, Cleveland OH
TrafficA major traffic accident caused full closure of Freeway 176 and I-71 South near West 25th in Cleveland. Police are redirecting cars to other routes to avoid traffic jams. Minor injuries have been reported at the scene.
Audio|Source: Cleveland Police - West
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Transcript:
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Sam 34, be advised,
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we got the freeway completely shut down here.
00:07
176 is shut down and 71 South is shut down right before 25th.
00:13
We might need to reach out to the 3rd District,
00:19
see if we can start sending these cars somewhere else. We're going to have a parking lot on the highway pretty soon.
00:28
Okay, I need to know where he needs them to stop at.
00:32
Yeah, I might have to...
00:35
Give me a second.
00:36
Okay,
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and just to verify (name withheld), (number withheld)...
00:46
If you go to the 3rd District to close down completely,
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the 71 South, and then send all the cars towards 90 West,
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send them that way, exit,
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so don't get piled up.
01:02
Ray, that's correct on the (number withheld) number.
01:09
All right, just coming back on a black 2011 Lexus.
01:18
Probably 3-1 all the cars, he can start opening up all the roads.
01:25
I'm sorry to read I plate to you again.
01:27
It's (name withheld) (number withheld).
01:31
She's going to let's Alexis RX-350.
01:35
All right, let me run the spin, but it's coming back on a black vehicle,
01:42
which is a 2011 Lexus.
01:49
I copy. I'm going to take the end off of here, if I can, just the card is set down.
01:56
Yeah, it says on RX-350 when I ran it through Vindicoder, maybe this has got the color wrong.
02:03
But the last four on the VIN is 1-552.
02:18
Okay, 37, 343.
02:24
All right, D3's got two cars going, they're going to try to block that area.
02:35
Final 3-1, it's radio for that Lexus,
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is the undercar of (name withheld).
02:45
Yes.
02:48
Okay, that would be the driver on the vehicle.
02:51
Copy.
02:56
He's also put enough layers.
03:03
I know it's a long shot, but is that, uh,
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traffic control vehicles are they out this early or no?
03:16
I got three third district cars coming.
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I don't know back.
03:25
We're going to see if we can rearrange the fire down here. We might be able to bleed some of this onto 176.
03:33
Copy.
03:37
So far, it looks like minor injuries to both.
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I-71, Cleveland, OH
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