Multiple vehicle crashes close I-74 eastbound in Indiana, Dearborn County IN
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TrafficMultiple vehicle crashes occurred on eastbound I-74 near the Sunman and Penn Town exits. The crashes caused a full closure of the interstate and traffic was diverted off at State Road 101. Emergency personnel transported passengers from one vehicle to the nearby St. Leon exit. Wreckers have cleared the damaged vehicles, but the exit remains closed to traffic.
Audio|Heard on: Dearborn County Police, Fire and EMS
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02:27
Transcript:
00:00
Can you confirm with state police or state highway that's 74 shut down at the Penntown exit?
00:19
49.
00:22
I request you start towards the 156.
00:25
My marker, I 74, eastbound the exit to Sunman Penn Town.
00:30
Dearborn County is requesting traffic to be diverted off until 101 at that location.
00:37
Reference 8 crashes at 162.5 eastbound the Hes shut down.
00:41
All lanes shut down.
00:44
So you want me to get traffic off the interstate eastbound or westbound?
00:54
4248 there need the eastbound traffic diverted off onto the State Road 101.
01:05
48. 48.
01:13
1115 from 21 County.
01:16
Go ahead, sir.
01:21
State Police has a unit starting that way to 101.
01:25
I'm believing in odds having some issues with some garage doors trying to get a truck out.
01:34
Okay, you're clear.
01:41
4240.
01:42
Now,
01:47
wreckers are finished, not by the vehicles.
01:49
742 is going to stand by.
01:50
I'm going to transport the two passengers out of one of the vehicles back to the St.
01:55
Leon exit.
01:59
4246.
02:01
I send you an email of all the driver information.
02:04
Did you get it?
02:07
Okay,
02:08
for a minute.
02:14
They now have hands down, exit, completely shut down.
02:18
We're going to let traffic flow and then close, so 167.
02:23
Check, 162.
02:26
All right. Thank you.
02:27
Okay.
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