Traffic incident on I-270 southbound near Route 33, Columbus OH


A traffic incident occurred on I-270 southbound near Route 33 in Columbus. Authorities shut down local lanes and diverted vehicles into express lanes to manage traffic. Multiple vehicle rollbacks were requested. There were reports of a person running on the freeway causing safety concerns.
Audio|Source: Columbus Police Zone 2 East Side
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Transcript:
00:00
Freeway 10 of the 5, caller said it's actually going to be closer to 30.
00:03
I copy it. Did you say local lanes or the lane that goes in the northbound?
00:08
He told me there's no local or express lanes there.
00:10
It's 270 southbound closer to 33.
00:12
All right. I take it.
00:13
It'll be local now.
00:14
92, upper centric is code 4.
00:17
92, copy. 94.
00:18
31A here, 130 Everett? Copy 130 Everett on 31A, yes, 19 copy.
00:23
That's not a copy. That's not a copy.
00:24
642 to channel 2.
00:25
Can you have me to hear 5.
00:26
640. Ready. Good.
00:27
Two away.
00:28
I'm sorry for 34, please.
00:29
(number withheld), Miller's Field Drive.
00:30
I'm not asked to send someone to the owl and hung up on callback, said she just got slapped in her face and hung up again.
00:35
We go. Six or six.
00:36
Looks like it. The local lanes, there's one off to the right here, Fred, and then there's three to the left and one in the middle.
00:40
So we'll just shut this down for us.
00:42
All right, to the incoming cars, force everybody into the express lane.
00:46
The one single lane that goes into Northbound traffic if you can.
00:49
This freeway can have enough cars or any more.
00:51
Do you need any district cars out that way?
00:53
639 to the east and went northbound.
00:55
Did you see a black male running on the freeway?
00:57
636 radio. 636.
00:58
If you do me favor, if you call over and get us three rollbacks.
01:02
Any safekeeping, all for the owner.
01:04
I'm sure yet, just get them coming.
01:05
We'll figure that with protocol afterwards.
01:07
Okay. Right be two for the owner and one safekeeping, but we can do all sit with me.
01:12
Do you need any district cars out that way as well?
01:14
At the scene, no, but if we could have, and I'm sure they're doing it already, diverting 270 southbound into the express lanes, that'd be great.
01:23
Okay, have anybody close to divert 270 southbound to the express lanes?
01:27
642 out there.
01:28
I'm cutting through downtown right now.
01:29
Hey Matt, it's going to be south of 70.
01:31
It's a single lane that branches off into the northbound traffic.
01:35
Just force everybody into that single lane.
01:36
6-0 at all that radio.
01:38
Go away from my current run and put me out with them.
01:40
I'll out the 642.
01:41
Let me know when you have it, and then we'll shuffle our traffic down here.
01:46
Nope.
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