Semi truck drives down middle of highway forcing vehicles off road, Dawes County NE


A black semi-truck towing a John Deere tractor was driving down the middle of Highway 87 about 13 miles south of Hay Springs, Nebraska. This caused the reporting person and another truck to move onto the shoulder to avoid it.
Audio|Source: Dawes County Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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A semi-truck.
00:06
Heavy machinery on the back, R.P.
00:11
off the road,
00:12
headed south of Hay Springs on 87.
00:21
104, do you have any information?
00:31
So the mail RP did not give his name?
00:37
104, can you advise? phone number?
00:42
That full number would be (number withheld).
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(number withheld).
00:48
(number withheld).
00:51
24, do you have an approximate mile marker?
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RP just stated 13 to 14 miles south of Hay Springs.
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(number withheld).
01:10
Northside, MSPed of Sheridan County on E-Rour call.
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Go ahead.
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Reference to out.
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I would advise phone number one more time.
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Just try to dial it and it came back unavailable.
01:31
Okay,
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(number withheld).
01:36
(number withheld).
01:42
(number withheld).
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North cloud.
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Day 21.
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I caught the tail end of some rock traffic after a stop.
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Do you have a vehicle I need to be looking for on 87? I'm almost there.
02:06
10-4[1], just spoke with R.P.
02:09
This happened approximately 10 minutes ago,
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approximately 13 miles south of Hay Springs.
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Semi-bound on 87,
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black semi-no-sleeper, flatbed trailer with a John Deere tractor on the back.
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R.P. said he was driving down the middle of the road, forced R.P.
02:30
and another semi to take the shoulder.
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10-4: Acknowledgement / OK
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