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Disabled vehicle blocks middle lane at 21st Street and 5th AvenueNew York NY

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5th Ave & W 21st St, New York, NY 10010

A damaged vehicle with a broken axle is unattended in the middle lane at 21st Street and 5th Avenue blocking traffic. Traffic is moderate and vehicles are going around it. Officers have requested assistance to the scene.

Audio|Heard on: NYPD Citywide 3
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01:31
Transcript:
00:00
So be about 21st and 5th Avenue,
00:03
I have a vehicle unattended in the middle of the intersection.
00:11
2.5?
00:13
2 1 and 5, yes.
00:16
The vehicle looks damaged.
00:29
Thank you.
00:45
I'm about to be going to Exalt Forbes on air.
00:51
So I'm sorry to you that we have a disabled vehicle on 2.1 and 5th Avenue in the middle lane has axle broke.
01:03
Okay, how is the traffic?
01:06
Mr. Moderate, it's moderate.
01:08
They're going around him, but just right in the middle end.
01:12
And can we need a unit over that location? Yes.
01:16
We're not an opportunity there at the time.
01:19
Let's just as much as you can.
01:21
Okay, that's the 10-4[1], thank you.
01:24
Then I also have a toll-chucking around to take a month.
01:28
Okay, that's the 10-4[1], thanks.
01:30
That's a 10-4[1], thanks.
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment—message received, understood, or OK.

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Location mentioned:
5th Ave & W 21st St, New York, NY 10010

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