Traffic crash causes detour near New Hampshire Ave, Montgomery County MD
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As discussed during the dispatch call, drivers on Route 29 near New Hampshire Avenue in Maryland reported a potential traffic crash blocking southbound lanes. The incident caused delays and required detours through nearby roads such as Lockwood Drive until the area cleared. Emergency personnel were coordinating travel adjustments.
Audio|Heard on: Montgomery MD Corrections Group Calls
Listen to dispatch call
01:29
Transcript:
00:00
Yes, I have run 138 and I'm doing 22 going through a street.
00:06
You know the south exit 29? They have an accident.
00:10
The police blacked out.
00:12
So I have to U-turn and then.
00:16
A narrow street and come back to New Hampshire, and I took Lockwood Drive to go through.
00:21
Was it ten four?
00:24
Ten four. Does your bus go through that neighborhood or do you go straight down New Hampshire Avenue?
00:30
You go to a single speed.
00:31
You doing twenty-two?
00:34
Yeah, so you got yourself turned around.
00:36
Are you good now? Just letting you know the other driver, if he comes by accident, couldn't go through that way.
00:42
So he has to take Lockwood Drive in New Hampshire.
00:44
Left, come back that way.
00:47
U-turn. Did you see what was going on? How bad the crash was? How long it might be there for?
00:53
I think I couldn’t get him back up.
00:55
I couldn't do anything.
00:56
I'm stuck in the middle of it.
00:57
But other cars moved and reversed and U-turned back to New Hampshire.
01:04
That's what I think.
01:05
So that's why I had to U-turn.
01:07
I did a little parking, then came back left.
01:11
So I just turned out.
01:13
Wait right and come back to New Hampshire because the regular auto traffic has Route 29 south.
01:20
Yeah, 29 south, right underneath Colesville Road.
01:24
All right, I am going to have a coordinator check it out and see if we need to put in a detour. Ten four.
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