Report of log blocking lane on Alabama Highway 68

Heard on: Cherokee County Police, Fire and EMS Dispatch

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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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Dispatch to Station 15, can you be en route to Alabama Highway 68 West near Crookshank Lane? Highway 68 West near Crookshank Lane.

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Have a report of a large log in the roadway that is blocking the lane headed down toward Leesburg.

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They're advising this log is closer to the top of the mountain.

00:19

Highway 68 West at Crookshank Lane for Station 15.

00:26

Sandrock, no.

00:31

Ten four.

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Sandrock truck five is en route.

00:41

That's ten four.

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Sandrock truck five, highway 68 west near Crookshank Lane.

00:50

Two eyes at the top of the mountain.

00:54

That's ten four.

00:55

10-4, dispatch.

00:56

10-42.

01:00

10-4.

01:05

Sandrock 1, dispatch.

01:10

Sandrock 1.

01:13

All right, we've been all the way to Sandrock Church of Christ, all the way off the mountain.

01:17

No logs in the road.

6/24/2026 07:57 PM

Road Closure

AL-68 & Cruickshank Ln, Sand Rock, AL 35983

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As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews were sent to Alabama Highway 68 West near Crookshank Lane for a reported large log blocking a lane toward Leesburg near the top of the mountain. Responders checked the highway from the mountain to a nearby church and did not locate any obstruction before returning to service.