Overturned truck blocks all eastbound lanes on I-20, Smith County TX
TrafficA large truck overturned on its side on eastbound I-20 in Texas, blocking all lanes. A passenger car is in a ditch nearby. All people in the passenger car were safely removed. The truck driver got out on their own. Fuel is leaking from the truck's tanks. Emergency teams are working at the scene to manage the situation and traffic is being redirected.
Audio|Source: Smith County Emergency Communications
03:28
Transcript:
00:00
If we could take it down to 2015 and get up on I-20 and force everybody off at 155, that would be awesome.
00:11
Reesu, sir, this traffic off of I-20 at the 155 eastbound exit.
00:19
That's affirmative.
00:25
And be advised I've already contacted county to have them get a halt of TechSot to send people out to block that road right there.
00:35
Understood.
00:41
128A command chief,
00:43
we've been working with the MS. We're going to get them to maneuver their box down here to the guardrail so we can get these two patients loaded and transport.
00:53
Freeface.
00:58
Twenty to us down.
01:03
I'm calling us on our period of you.
01:10
322, I'll be out, ending mileage 17, 327.
01:19
Hey, see, that's going to be too piti-tel.
01:21
I'm not ours.
01:22
Yeah, some form.
01:28
237, traffic.
01:31
Go ahead.
01:35
Roper next is Tom John Zebra, 9766.
01:47
322. I'll be back out with 3.29.
01:50
Ms. County, sublock a 127 en route for NVA on I-20.
02:00
Dispatch I-20 command.
02:02
Updated size-up is going to be one 18 whaler blocking all eastbound lanes on its side, one passenger vehicle in the ditch.
02:12
All occupants have been extricated from the passenger vehicle.
02:16
Occupant of the 18 whaler had self-extricated on his own. We do have fuel leaking out of the saddle tanks on the 18-wheeler at this time.
02:29
40 traffic.
02:31
Good.
02:33
I'll be out with the William Henry Tom, 1035.
02:39
Any time finished parking lot.
02:42
Which parking lot?
02:46
I finish parking lot, 200 block of Highway 69,
02:50
North.
02:52
Counted out of your patrols large, notification I call on northeast.
03:04
We'll take care of that for finish the other one.
03:08
Control.
03:13
Locker 126 with that end too.
03:20
Command, will you call your blocker?
03:24
If y'all got set up at 155 to start departing all traffic off the interstate?
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