Cable across I-40 shuts down traffic near Elk City
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Elk City Police
03:15
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00:00
That's probably the cable.
00:01
Okay,
00:13
we've got cable that's going from completely across the road.
00:17
Trucks have got involved, and it's wrapped around the trucks, and they've got this whole area shut down.
00:22
OHP needs to know that.
00:25
I'm not, we still don't know why
00:28
the cable is pulled yet.
00:33
This is clear.
00:34
OHP has been notified and deputy is also en route.
00:40
Okay, I-40 needs to be, they need to be pushed off at Love's West or East, Love's East.
00:47
They need to be pushed off the road there and go around because this is completely shut down.
00:52
I've got two trucks with the wire between them.
00:55
20, do you need the fire department en route?
01:02
DOT or somebody's cut this cable is going to have to be here.
01:06
I'm still don't see a vehicle.
01:08
I'm not sure how this got over there.
01:12
Dispatch, clear.
01:18
This cable is literally stretched for about 100 yards across this whole line.
01:23
I've had somebody apparently that looks like they came from eastbound traffic and hit this corner of these poles.
01:31
They hit it going eastbound.
01:34
Yes, that's clear.
01:37
20, you want me at your location or you want me down at the off-ramp at Love's East to get people off the road?
01:48
20. 20.
02:00
Okay, the 1st truck that I seen went into the median and it got tangled up with his tandems, and he's the one that's pulled it across the road.
02:11
And I've got trucks on each side of this cable, so it's going to have to be cut before anybody can pass.
02:19
Dispatch, clear.
02:20
OHP has been notified.
02:23
19-20.
02:26
19.
02:30
Elk City.
02:37
19.
02:42
You advise Beckham County to have their unit go past us and start working on getting people off the roadway.
02:50
We've got over a mile of backup cars here.
02:57
Dispatch, clear.
03:03
City, will you find out if OHP has ODOT coming as well?
03:12
Affirmative, city.
03:14
Clear.
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