Traffic lights malfunction causes crash risk on Jefferson Street, Natchitoches LA
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TrafficA malfunctioning traffic light at Jefferson Street shows yellow on one side and red on the other. Vehicles are not yielding, leading to a crash and near collisions.
Audio|Heard on: Natchitoches Parish, Sabine Parish, and Vernon Parish Public Safety
Listen to dispatch call
00:50
Transcript:
00:00
Did you say the red light on Jefferson, fine with the working words?
00:05
1050. 10-50[1].
00:09
10-4.
00:14
Two.
00:18
Ten-four.
00:21
For a while, it was that, when I'm coming to work, it was flashing.
00:33
10-4 and it's yellow on one side, red on the other,
00:38
and vehicle traffic is not yielding at all, and I believe that's what cost this crash just a minute ago because there was almost another one as I was pulling up on this traffic stop I'm on right now.
00:47
There was no yield at all, just came through it 50 miles an hour.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-50: Traffic accident
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Location mentioned:
Jefferson St, Natchitoches, LA 71457
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