Right lane closed after sign damage on I‑78, Northampton County PA
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TrafficAs discussed during the dispatch call, troopers responded to a traffic incident on Interstate 78 westbound near mile marker 41 in Pennsylvania. The event involved damage to a road sign, with the right and deceleration lanes closed. A construction vehicle carrying asphalt may have struck the sign. No confirmed injuries were mentioned. State police were reported to be on scene.
Audio|Heard on: Northampton PA Public Works Group Calls
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Transcript:
00:00
Got an update at seventy-eight west forty-one over two.
00:05
I am west forty-six eight.
00:07
Northbound seventeen.
00:10
Okay.
00:13
Seventeen ten.
00:16
One more time, the mile marker forty-one what?
00:21
Four twelve.
00:23
State police should be out with it.
00:26
All right, received.
00:29
Northbound seventeen ten.
00:34
Seventeen ten.
00:36
All right, it's been signed for exit forty.
00:39
The Plainfields, Gillette, Watchung, at mile marker forty-one point two.
00:44
Right lane is down and the deceleration lane is down.
00:49
Yeah.
00:53
It looks like they left a body-shaped object up on one of the dump trucks with asphalt and took out that sign.
01:00
It's not down on the floor, but they tore the bottom part where the lights would be.
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I-78, Pennsylvania
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