Pickup truck blocks street, causes bus detour, Minneapolis MN
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TrafficAs discussed during the dispatch call, a pickup truck broke down on 44th Street near Gerard Avenue in Minneapolis, blocking traffic and causing bus detours. The vehicle was later moved, and the road was reopened.
Audio|Heard on: Hennepin MN Transportation Group Calls
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Transcript:
00:00
Calling to inform you that there's a pickup broke down sitting crossways at 44th Street near a grocery store just west of Gerard Avenue, making it impossible for any buses to go through in that area.
00:15
So we took immediate left here and then we're going to take a right at the next stop sign and then another right and a left turn.
00:23
And then get back on route on 44.
00:26
Copy, this is (name withheld).
00:27
So should I come and check it out?
00:29
Please, and just set up a detour here.
00:33
And then have the bus maybe miss that stop at Gerard right now because it's going to be really hard to get two buses down here with snow on one side and all the vehicles on the other side.
00:42
I think I'm on Gerard right here.
00:45
Copy you, sir.
00:46
33rd and.
00:47
Bus (number withheld), driver (number withheld).
00:50
20-80, go ahead.
00:51
Yeah, that vehicle that was blocking 44th there between Gerard Avenue and Humboldt Avenue has been moved.
00:58
The road is back open, so we don't need a street supervisor or a detour.
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Location mentioned:
N 44th Ave & N Girard Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55412
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