Tractor-trailer loses drive shaft on New Jersey Turnpike, Cranbury Township NJ
TrafficA fully loaded tractor-trailer lost its drive shaft on the New Jersey Turnpike near Cranbury, causing a traffic obstruction. Authorities held traffic and escorted the vehicle with contraflow operations to clear the scene.
Audio|Source: New Jersey Turnpike Authority and NJDOT
04:18
Transcript:
00:00
All right, Os, could you have Palaiso's head to the CB ramp at Cranberry station, and we'll hold traffic and one of the troopers will escort him down here, Contraflow, please?
00:14
Receive. Offswell, talk, you can let me know when he's there, that'd be great.
00:16
I'm surprised. They got everybody going.
00:17
They said they'll contact us when they get there so they cannot escort them up to the scene.
00:20
1450, 3-4?
00:21
Good, Mike. You got a TMA available in your yard? I know you don't have any guys in yet, but you got one all hooked up ready to go?
00:28
Should be several later picks from.
00:29
Received, thank you very much, sir.
00:30
Southern Division, 3-4.
00:32
Go ahead, 3-4.
00:34
All right, Carlos, if you can, have one of your guys head to District 4, please grab a TMA, bring it up here, station in the left lane.
00:41
Receive. Hi, Marty.
00:42
I just passed you up a couple minutes ago.
00:43
You want me to try to make my way back up to 7F to escort Baleo's down here?
00:47
Actually, 898 is here.
00:48
He said he was going to hold traffic and have him come down to have contraflow.
00:51
It's only like a 10th or two.
00:52
Change of plans.
00:53
If you could make your way back to 7S, that'd be great.
00:55
Receive. Just maybe you turn that 8.
00:57
I received.
00:58
Stayed it right. Because the left shoulder disappears halfway down here.
01:00
Thank you.
01:01
3-4-1-0-9.
01:02
Three, four.
01:03
Yeah, Mikey, my guys, the little patrol, you have them over there, they're gonna go to District 4 and retrieve a TMA.
01:10
Just guide them, if you can, please.
01:12
So you, where you want that TMA, basically.
01:14
Yeah, no problem.
01:15
Just, uh, see if you guys, when you start getting up closer to the accident team with the TMA, reach out for me, please.
01:20
Just if you could, stand on the right shoulder all the way up.
01:23
Once you get close, go the way over to the left.
01:25
Proceed.
01:26
Operation is 3-2, traffic update.
01:27
3-2, go ahead, sir.
01:28
Suggest 8-0 roadway to get that's 68 over 6.
01:32
Received, thank you.
01:35
Ah, Siggyo, E99.
01:36
Sir, who's going to be available to meet with Pileos to escort them back up when they, for the contraflow, to go to the scene?
01:41
3.2 is going to add to 7S now and meet them.
01:47
I can't.
01:48
697 SNO, I got the info when you're ready.
01:50
697 S&O for the Gt down, go with the info.
01:52
It's going to be a white freight liner, New Jersey Reg, Alpha, X-ray, 940, Yankee, down in the right lane, and city's fully loaded, 80,000.
02:05
Lost the drive shaft.
02:06
I just relate the info to ops, and I'm on the way.
02:08
I'll just relate the info to ops and I'm on the way. I'll receive.
02:09
All right, 3-2, I'll expedite Nandies, 839.
02:11
I'll advise, state police.
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NJ Tpke, Cranbury, NJ
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