Multiple vehicles slide off icy road causing crashes in Indiana, Merrillville IN
TrafficMultiple vehicles slid off roads and crashed on icy and snow-covered lanes on highways near Washington Township, Indiana. Cars involved included a Ford Fusion and a white SUV which hit guardrails. Snowfall reduced visibility and caused slippery conditions leading to minor collisions and disabled vehicles. Road crews were requested to treat and clear roads to prevent further incidents.
Audio|Source: Porter County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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13152 is southbound before 61st.
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Can you check a slide off, I-65 northbound and 94 eastbound,
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a silver Dodge Dart?
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K-1-1043 there is a dark gray Ford Fusion southbound on 65 to 30 up against no bank but still in the roadway, unable to get to it going off direction, someone in the area southbound already checked.
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88k1 352 if 112 is okay can you start towards that Fusion.
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East 10-4 uses out the vehicle talking some cars pulled over on the right shoulder on the ramp.
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We're going to assign you to that other Ford Fusion then.
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Claire.
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Okay,
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okay. Okay, okay, number five one.
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There's you one-five one.
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151 has both people one and driver 1.
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Almost right in the car, I'll be 108 with report.
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I can head in the direction of that slide off northbound 65 to eastbound 94.
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13151.88.
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88 K1.
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88 K1. Okay 1.
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Get your all 1.
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13-311.
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This is going to be a minor property damage crash versus the guardrail.
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There is no damage to the guardrail.
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Driver has an own 1051 route.
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This right lane on the back side of this overpass is snow covered, which caused this.
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If you have the NDOT come through here, hit this right lane to stop this from happening again.
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Driver is figuring out if she wants a crash for her or not.
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1311
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1311
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1020
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If I didn't observe a second in the area of 601 North toward the 4 Fusion on the right.
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131.
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Full of 13-1.
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Snowfall is increasing.
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It began to be tenth of a mile visibility or less.
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See at K-1 just advised how found at the 253 up against the snowbank.
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Full 13, it's 3.5, 2, 1051.
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13352. Start the next 1051.
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It should be for pullout only for small SUV.
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13352.
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13352.
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28 is covered by snow.
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Two o six, you can just regard.
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The grass that you're handling.
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That's fine, I have a black mine hundred very one.
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Sir.
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All 95-7.
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95-7. 95-7.
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Any local state highway, I've got people,
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It looks like they're coming out of the entrance ramp the wrong way, both commercial motor vehicle traffic and passenger car traffic.
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They were notified, they were going to tell the plows.
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I've taken two calls from subjects in the rest park.
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They were advised you're working on getting it open,
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but state highway was clear.
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That's why so.
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13352, Cheever's notified.
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Okay,
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7.
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Once again,
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Eastbound to northbound US 30 is closed.
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It looks like an Amazon trailer can't go up to hill.
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13-10.
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13151.
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There's no vehicle northbound 65 to eastbound 94.
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I did see on the other side of the ramp going towards this whole road, a car on the side of the road.
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I got to get flipped around to check on it.
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13151.151.
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13, 352.
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He canceled 10.51 I called for, put them at the top of the list.
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13352. 131.
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Call 1310.
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1310.
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Okay, that truck got out,
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that ramps back open.
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I don't, and that's busy.
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We need two trucks to hit eastbound and northbound of US 30.
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So get that cleared out.
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It's about two foot, maybe three foot deep.
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13-1-hole.
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Thornapple Way and Mami Drive, Thornapple Way and Mami, small international cloud truck versus an unknown vehicle.
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In real.
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By it's 1552.
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That first.
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Hello. Hello.
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Eighty-eight.
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1023. I have a sound of four fusion unless there's another one in the area.
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On the left shoulder, 2.53.1 with a silver key of Forte.
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Okay, 152.
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So I'm at Reese Road.
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You have something else and see you got that one.
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I have a 1050 eastbound near the 15 eastbound near the 15th the white SUV hit the rail she's advised she's on the left side in the cones 11 11 13-1 13-1.
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The original 1046, 9583 was with,
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advises that her 1051 will be here shortly.
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She refused precision.
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Simon's complete auto supposedly is the 1051.
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Have further.
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She won't 818, 17, 88, 12, and 88, 11 as available.
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Can you have them come to Zone 1, please?
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Location mentioned:
U.S. 30, Rte 30, Washington Township, IN 46383
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