Semi truck stuck causes road blocks and traffic jam, Lafayette TN


A semi truck is stuck near Bratton Ave causing a traffic jam. Police blocked roads including Church Street and Sycamore to manage traffic. The blockage affected traffic flow in the area around the old health department and Scottsville Road.
Audio|Source: Macon County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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All units we're rolling.
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All units, we're moving.
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Demp, don't let anything come up on church brief.
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Go up until 5.
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Go ahead.
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And don't let anything else come up Church Street if it's not a bus.
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I've got a traffic jam up here.
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What's that stand for?
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We're coming from on Sycamore.
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Sycamore Metter and it's coming from Central Area, I'm not sure.
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Passed in four.
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We don't have nowhere really to send them.
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I'm just sending them through horizontal.
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Time. If any more comes up to you, if you don't care, just send them down your side of matter on going towards the island.
00:29
Are they coming home of school or one other roads?
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I can't tell from my position.
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I can't see that far down the road.
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That'd be...
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Is there not a city truck, the Sycamore and Raglan?
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1050. Got the back hole that's moved up to the...
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Old Health Department and he's blocking the whole road to where they can go back towards Scottsville Road.
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10-4[1], so he's got a block now?
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10-4[1]. I think we've got it blocked off now.
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10-4[1]. Here's my unit at Field and Church.
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Hey, it's 205.
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I'm sending traffic back to your direction.
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I can't let anything go up Church Street.
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I can't tell from my position, but is everybody out the roadway there?
01:10
2.15, you got more traffic coming your direction, trying to clear out the road.
01:15
That's simple. 214. 214, 204.
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2.04. 2.04. From my position, I'm here at Sycamore and at Bratton.
01:22
Can you come up this way from across the road and see if it's semi-stuck in a ditch?
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I stand for.
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We're in route. 214. Where do we need somebody?
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Where do we need somebody? What's the problem?
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Bad direction, everything here seems like it's getting better, but the traffic is backed up.
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I don't know if the semi's wrecked or what.
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The gospel side of Bratton from where I'm blocking off.
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Temple. The route's clear.
01:42
Temple.
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2.14, should that silver issue be the last?
01:45
I have no more that I can see in my area here should be clear after it then.
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Copy. 214, do I need to come to you?
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I'm not sure if he has stuff, he's just kind of candid.
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Location mentioned:
Bratton Ave, Lafayette, TN 37083
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