Traffic accident causes detour near Valley Mall, Hagerstown MD
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TrafficAs discussed during the dispatch call, a multi-vehicle traffic accident occurred near the Coleridge intersection by Valley Mall in Hagerstown, causing road closures and detours that affected bus routes and local traffic.
Audio|Heard on: Washington MD Transportation Group Calls
Listen to dispatch call
01:33
Transcript:
00:00
I just wanted to give a heads up on sitting here at Coleridge, getting ready to make a left-hand turn.
00:05
But there's been an accident, so I'm not sure how long I'm going to be actually sitting here.
00:17
Valley Mall bus, I just want to give you a heads up.
00:19
You do not come down here to where the intersection is Coleridge and make the left because you're not going to make it.
00:27
They're detouring everybody out.
00:30
This is Valley Mall.
00:32
I couldn't understand what you were saying.
00:33
Sorry.
00:35
When you leave the mall and you come down to Coleridge Road, you cannot.
00:40
You cannot go that way.
00:42
There's been an accident here.
00:43
I'm still seeing in traffic.
00:47
Oh, copy that.
00:50
Are you able to make it to the Target parking lot?
00:55
Yeah, or she can just go back out up there by Burger King and make the left-hand turn that way because don't come to the intersection here.
01:03
I don't know how long I'm going to be sitting.
01:06
(name withheld), I was saying you, are you able to get to the Target parking lot from the sides or from the mall?
01:15
No, that's a negative because I didn't know how many cars were actually involved.
01:18
And there is a lot more than what I thought.
01:22
Ten four.
01:24
County Transit and Jobs—I would not come this way by the mall.
01:31
Ten four. Thanks for the heads up.
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Location mentioned:
Valley Mall Rd, Hagerstown, MD 21740
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