Firewood scattered across highway causes flat tires

Heard on: Tioga County Sheriff and Fire

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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No one call 17 westbound in the area of the Owego rest area.

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3C41, your status location.

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17 West coming up on 66.

00:14

Receiving for the copy.

00:16

Go ahead.

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Gonna be 17 Westbound, Owego rest area, taking multiple calls of several boards spanning the roadway in that area, causing traffic.

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You have to try to avoid it.

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Receiving. They say which lane?

00:41

All over is what they stated.

00:45

Receiving.

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Trailer 1813.

00:58

Negative 3C41 .

01:02

Four one.

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To their call, it's going to be firewood all over the roadway.

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The husband is trying to pick it up.

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The caller states her tailgate fell off.

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She's remaining on scene.

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There's also reportedly several vehicles who have hit the wood and they'll have flat tires.

2026-09-26 22:12 UTC

Traffic

NY-17, Owego, NY

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, dispatchers received multiple reports of firewood and boards scattered across all lanes of NY-17 westbound near the Owego rest area after a caller’s tailgate fell off. The caller remained on scene while a husband tried to pick up the wood, and several vehicles reportedly hit the debris and got flat tires.