Icy roads cause near crash on Highway 13, Independence MN
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TrafficAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency personnel reported icy and slick road conditions along Highway 13 near County Road 19 and County Road 8 in Independence. One vehicle nearly went into a ditch due to the ice, and officers discussed road treatment and ongoing weather conditions.
Audio|Heard on: Hennepin MN Public Works Group Calls
Listen to dispatch call
01:28
Transcript:
00:00
I'm 32 on the northbound 13 just north of 19, but there's ice.
00:07
Like once it quits, I'll think nothing to break it off.
00:10
It's just getting it to quit raining.
00:13
And it doesn't look like on the radar that's that far at all.
00:17
It's lightened up quite a bit out here.
00:20
Here, I take that back.
00:22
This is (name withheld).
00:25
Yeah, (name withheld) worked out over there by the roundabout at County Road 8.
00:29
It's real bad.
00:32
It was slick but not too bad from the triangle up to eight.
00:36
Once you get past eight, it gets bad.
00:40
The car doesn't back him down at all.
00:44
Well, I'm gonna have enough material to get 19 and now I'm gonna have to go back to the shop.
00:51
You said you're gonna be out here (number withheld)?
00:56
Yep, sorry to tell you that, but yes.
01:00
That was me that you just passed.
01:04
Get a Scott County deputy riding right behind you, just so you know.
01:10
Yeah, he's been there since two hundred and eighty-two.
01:14
He ain't no fool.
01:15
He's gonna take the ride that saves us.
01:19
Got a car just past me and it's gonna go in the ditch.
01:24
He was a lot closer till the spinner got turned up somehow.
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Location mentioned:
County Rd 19, Independence, MN 55359
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