Vehicle accident with injuries on I-55 northbound causes closures, Jefferson County MO


Emergency units responded to a vehicle accident with injuries on northbound I-55 near mile markers 174 and 175. The incident caused road closures and significant traffic backups. A rollback tow truck was requested to clear the scene.
Audio|Source: Jefferson County Fire and EMS - Digital
04:22
Transcript:
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7401. Confirming lies in route and if they are, can you update them, they're going to need a rollback for one of them.
00:07
Fire control is on route, we will update them.
00:09
Just to confirm it 7402 and 727 on the table.
00:13
That's affirmative both on team.
00:15
All units secure.
00:17
All units on team is secure, 15 and 51.
00:24
The roadbar is there.
00:29
Okay, that's clear.
00:32
Will that work?
00:35
Yeah, the traffic on the boulevard is going to be backed up.
00:42
Let's have to do what we can.
00:44
They've got Fenton coming in from the other side for the bullet angels.
00:49
Okay, that's clear.
00:53
All right, sorry, command,
00:56
we're backing up into the highway here from the four-way at Boulevard and BP.
01:00
Any update on the eastbound line?
01:08
Me and I, we're waiting highway patrol to notify us when we can open it.
01:14
Okay, that's clear.
01:21
I've got to get some out of this westbound turn lane.
01:36
6436 with 1337.
01:41
Go for 1337.
01:44
I don't know if you're where what's going on.
01:46
We've got an accident with the highway shutdown.
01:47
We're doing our best to try to get you.
01:49
We're pretty well stuck in traffic right now.
01:53
37, get happy.
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36 to 24. Up 7.
02:04
Go ahead.
02:08
Boulevard is completely locked up.
02:10
We're going to go hill for a while far to come in around the other way.
02:16
Okay, that's clear, thank you.
02:21
2480 coming in.
02:22
Is there any way we can keep traffic moving at the boulevards in 30? There, clear the boulevards? All right, Justin County has now to try to do that.
02:38
Jeffco 6436.
02:41
Good.
02:44
Do you want us to try to dispatch 74 to 24 to 24 for just sending fire because it's still an ambulance?
02:51
Yeah, I figured that was the case.
02:52
No worries.
02:53
We have a detour.
02:54
We are about eight minutes out.
02:56
We should be more traffic from here.
02:59
Sounds great, thank you, sir.
03:05
Chris, Rackick.
03:09
It's hunting turns.
03:14
That's fine, keep them coming off on you, keep them coming.
03:22
1337, Jeff Co-dispatch.
03:25
1337.
03:27
Rotten. Johnstein.
03:30
Stay on scene, 1555.
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M. M. Bhopo!
03:41
5614, 6614, 7214,
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and 6067. Respond to vehicle accident with injuries at near mile marker 174 I-55 northbound, 175 northbound.
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5614, 6614, 62, 14, 62, 1617, and 6067 and 6067.
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Respond to vehicle accidents with injuries at near mile marker 174 I-55 northbound, 175 northbound WPYY-55-Northbound WPYY-Y 895.
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