Truck slides into median on I-70 westbound, no injuries, Vail CO
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A truck slid into the median on I-70 westbound with mechanical failure causing a non-injury incident, with the vehicle flagged and a tow truck en route.
Audio|Heard on: Vail, Avon, Eagle, Edwards, Gypsum, Minturn - Police, Fire and EMS
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02:53
Transcript:
00:00
Edge 14 is unseen at 135, westbound with one truck in the ditch on its wheels.
00:06
We'll be investigating as a small 35 million.
00:09
Engine 14 on scene up at 135, one truck, in the median on its wheels out investigating 135 command at 1240.
00:22
16, 13.
00:24
Okay,
00:26
and you call the jail.
00:28
Okay,
00:30
and you call the jail. 1241.
00:32
Battalion 12.
00:37
Battalion 9 on West as much.
00:44
Battalion 12 if you're on East, Battalion 9 is calling you on West as much.
00:51
Battalion 12 copies.
00:54
Battalion 9, Battalion 12, copies.
00:58
Battalion 9, Battalion 12 on West.
01:05
Yes, sir, I believe all of your engines have been cleared and we should be returning.
01:09
Thanks for all your help.
01:11
Absolutely.
01:12
Thank you, sir. We have 1220.
01:21
All closures are going to remain in place.
01:24
We're going to, the road will be open up here.
01:27
We're going to flush out the queue that we have right now.
01:30
See that's going to come in, this product down,
01:33
and then we'll open up from there, so probably about another 30.
01:38
Vail 1220. We also, I just got released by CSP, it's interesting, so I'm going to clear.
01:45
Copy, 1245.
01:52
Bill 135, Command.
01:55
Mail, Engine 7.
01:58
135, Command.
02:00
Engine 7.
02:05
This is a non-injury slide-off caused by mechanical failure.
02:09
The owner has a tow coming.
02:12
We have the vehicle flagged.
02:14
Command's terminated, engine 14 is available, level.
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I-70, Colorado
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