Disabled car creating road hazard on Highway 71

Heard on: Polk County / Mena Public Safety

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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I'm gonna be out with a Cadillac almost in the roadway here.

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Just before you get into Cove on 71, it's gonna be Arkansas boy Henry Charles 03 Robert.

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(number withheld)

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. Hey boy, we had a call about that vehicle.

00:19

It broke down on sides of the road.

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Well, they're going to get it pretty quick.

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Why? Because it's out in the roadway on that hill up really dangerous.

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Well, my partner took that call and she can't fix it at the moment.

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I'll have to find out.

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And if we have to make contact with them or not, it's going to be towed because it's coming over the hill and right off the roadway.

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Orange.

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Three hundred and eight.

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Three hundred

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and eight. The gentleman was going to take his son to Grannis to drop him off, and then go home and get a jack, and then come back change the tire that he is supposed to pick it up tonight.

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Ten four, Jack.

5/4/2026 07:44 PM

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US-71, Cove, AR

Disabled car creating road hazard on Highway 71

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As discussed during the dispatch call, a deputy encountered a disabled Cadillac partially blocking the roadway on Highway 71 near Cove, Arkansas. The vehicle, identified by its Arkansas license plate, was determined to pose a traffic hazard and was arranged to be towed from the scene.

Disabled car creating road hazard on Highway 71

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