Multiple vehicles slide off road near Main and 8th, Medford WI
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TrafficAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency responders attended to multiple vehicle incidents near Main and Eighth Streets in Medford. At least one semi truck and two other vehicles appeared to have slid off the road into ditches. Lanes were temporarily closed while tow trucks and troopers assisted. Conditions on a hill between 8th and 5th Streets appeared icy, and a salt truck was in the area. No personal injuries were mentioned in the radio traffic.
Audio|Heard on: Taylor County Area Public Safety
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02:11
Transcript:
00:00
Go ahead.
00:02
The semi is actually going to be in the right ditch, not in the median.
00:28
Six eight three.
00:34
Vehicle on the shoulder, one down in the ditch.
00:38
Five (number withheld).
00:44
Main and block that so nobody else comes up.
00:51
Ten four. I know there was a salt truck working on the hill between 8th and 5th, salting it pretty heavily.
01:00
Time for (number withheld).
01:07
There, it's fine otherwise.
01:14
Require (number withheld).
01:21
So close lane two for now, and break (number withheld) at state (number withheld).
01:29
Can you let Trooper (name withheld) let us know to come up here then and start dealing with these crashes? (number withheld) is going to provide us lights further north.
01:40
On Main and Eighth, and start blocking this intersection.
01:43
Nobody else comes up the hill.
01:49
Sir, ten fifty-one.
01:53
Six zero four.
01:59
Tow preference ten fifty-one for a Volvo sedan.
02:04
About 10 ft off the roadway, most likely will be drivable once removed from the ditch, and we don't know on the second one yet.
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Location mentioned:
N 8th St, Medford, WI 54451
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