Traffic incident blocks northbound highway 169, Mille Lacs County MN
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TrafficAs discussed during the dispatch call, a traffic incident blocked northbound Highway 169 near 55th Street involving a black Chevy pickup and a gray GMC Sierra hauling ice that was falling into traffic. A tow was requested and lanes were gradually reopened.
Audio|Heard on: Mille Lacs County Fire
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05:24
Transcript:
00:00
Five-minute time delay, blocking northbound Highway 169 near 55th Street.
00:04
Described as a black Chevy pickup truck,
00:07
gray GMC Sierra reportedly hauling ice.
00:13
Ice chunks are periodically falling out and almost hitting vehicles.
00:17
Information 1559.
00:23
14 or 18, good afternoon.
00:26
1559, good afternoon.
00:33
Forty-five, thank you.
00:35
I see one forty-five.
00:38
Can you start a call for the Honda, please?
00:41
Ten four.
00:44
Four twenty-nine, thank you.
00:46
Four hundred and twenty-nine.
00:48
Ten ten.
00:50
You heard everything.
00:52
SB 17 , thank you.
00:55
SB 17 . Ten seven tonight.
00:59
Ten seven, have a good night.
01:00
Sixteen hundred.
01:03
Ten seven, shift correct.
01:07
One three, ten four.
01:11
One three.
01:13
Good night.
01:15
Have a good night.
01:16
Three seven nine, St.
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Cloud.
01:20
Three seven, good night.
01:26
Six 547 code.
01:30
Okay,
01:32
that's 600 .
01:36
Shelby 1601 , have a good night.
01:40
Twenty-four oh two, is anything? Seven.
01:41
Have a good night.
01:43
Twenty-four oh two.
01:44
Sixteen oh one. Have a good evening.
01:53
Fifty-six oh two responded.
01:55
Guardian angels in a seagull.
01:57
Ninety-two hundred Quantrell Avenue.
01:59
Ninety-200 Quantrell Avenue.
02:01
Number of 303 .
02:02
First seventy-eight year old female.
02:03
Weak. Unable to move.
02:05
Page 1602 .
02:16
Fifty-six oh two respond for a medical.
02:19
Ninety-two hundred Quantrell Avenue, ninety-two hundred Quantrell Avenue, for a seventy-eight year old female, weak, unable to move, kind of haze, like you know too.
02:34
Okay.
02:40
3215 to Sauk Rapids cars, I will also relay the fire.
02:45
Excel is going to assist in getting this car out once your car's out.
02:49
We're going to open up three of the lanes.
02:51
The only lane that'll be shut down is the right-hand southbound lane.
03:00
Roller bag, it should have female clothing and prescriptions in it if located.
03:05
Information only, 1604.
03:11
SP 327, Brainerd.
03:14
SP 327.
03:16
10-7[1], go ahead.
03:18
Copy that, 1604.
03:22
SB 69, Brainerd?
03:25
SB 69.
03:27
No, you can't do it.
03:30
Copying it, 1604.
03:36
61, excellent service.
03:40
Sixteen oh four.
03:45
Unit six to unit one,
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go ahead.
03:55
Did you copy that traffic from Sergeant Gill's?
04:01
No, I didn't want to repeat that.
04:06
So once Collins Brothers gets here to tow this car,
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we're going to have all lanes open except for the right lane southbound where the car is sitting now.
04:17
That'll be closed until they can get this pulled them.
04:24
Copy that.
04:29
Unit one to unit six.
04:34
Go ahead.
04:36
We have one more vehicle that needs to get in that same apartment building.
04:40
We're going to send them down the turn lane slow.
04:46
10-4[2], they can stay all the way to the left and come down wherever.
04:50
There's no northbound traffic.
04:56
41 trainer.
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541.
05:01
10-7[1].
05:04
Okay, 1606 .
05:09
Offset drive.
05:12
We're going to be opening up all in our song lanes and the turn lane and the inside southbound lane.
05:19
So only the far southbound lane will be closed and PDU will cover closing that.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-7: Out of service
[2]
10-4: Acknowledgement (OK / Message received)
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Location mentioned:
US-169 & 55th St, Princeton Township, MN 55371
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