Bus at research park leaks coolant on roadway, Davis CA
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TrafficA Unitrans bus at UC Davis experienced a coolant leak while driving near Holland Research Park. The driver stopped and found brown, slimy liquid under the bus. Dispatch advised to turn off the bus and contain the leak with a trash can and paper schedules.
Audio|Heard on: UC Davis Unitrans Bus Service
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02:55
Transcript:
00:00
Hey, I'm in Buzz 4010 and check engine light just came on.
00:05
Hey, 104, what's your plane?
00:10
Hey, I'm currently at Holland Research Park inbound.
00:15
Hey, are you pulled over?
00:18
Hey, that's affirmative on at the bus stop.
00:23
Hey, Templars, that's great to hear.
00:25
Can I have you a neutral parking brake and just confirm really quick that the check engine light is the only abnormal light on your dash?
00:35
Okay, that's affirmative.
00:38
The check engine light's the only one on the dash.
00:41
And it seems like the fans in the back sound extremely loud because I can hear them all the way in the front.
00:50
Hey,
00:51
10-4[1]. Can I have you turn off your climate control and turn off your bus and go ahead and do a walk-around.
01:01
You don't have to walk into the street.
01:02
Just go ahead and check for fluid leaks and cycle your batteries at which for a minute, please.
01:08
10-4[1].
01:14
Hey,
01:16
dispatch, 10,
01:17
1019 from Health and Hotscheye.
01:22
Answering it, hello.
01:26
Hey, to East.
01:28
To East 13.
01:34
Hey, 13, over 4.
01:40
Sorry about kind of late, but I started to trip from Schaffer and take everything inbound.
01:46
That's lovely.
01:52
This is Michigan, 3, 17 and not to drop off.
01:56
Yeah, it's heard it, calling on.
02:02
It's one on com.
02:05
Hey, go ahead.
02:07
Hey, I didn't cycle my battery switch but I checked and I think it might be leaking coolant because there's like brownish liquid on the ground and it's like slimy the liquid and it seems to be coming from the bottom of the bus.
02:23
Hey 10 4, thank you for checking.
02:26
Could I have you please take your trash can and put it under the coolant leak just to try and touch any of that liquid and if you're able to grab some schedules and just try and soak up as much of that coolant as possible.
02:43
Hey 104, do you also want me to deploy the triangles?
02:48
Hey, that would be amazing, but please focus on stopping the leak or containing it as much as you can first.
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment; message received and understood.
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Location mentioned:
Research Park Dr, Davis, CA 95618
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