Vehicle tailgates towplow dangerously on highway 53, Virginia MN
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TrafficA DOT towplow driver reported that a vehicle was tailgating dangerously close on northbound Highway 53 near milepost 65. Assistance from a trooper was requested to address the situation.
Audio|Heard on: North St. Louis County Sheriff, Fire and Roads
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01:7
Transcript:
00:00
Go ahead.
00:02
Yeah, I'm just curious, if you have a trooper in the area of Virginia, I'm currently heading northbound on Highway 53 near milepost 65.
00:12
I'm running the towplow and I have a vehicle so close behind me that if I even try to move my trailer or adjust it at all, I'd probably smack them.
00:21
I don't know if you have anybody in the area that could stop him and see why he's so close to me.
00:29
Did you have a vehicle description or anything?
00:33
Negative. I can barely see them behind my truck.
00:37
Call you a little bit of know.
00:39
Thank you very much.
00:41
Virginia 13 Clear.
00:47
Student tankard reservation on driving complaint from DOT, northbound 53, mile post 65, on some type of vehicle that's tailgating the DOT truck so close that they're going to end up getting hit by this plow.
00:59
At 2150.
01:03
Clear it out.
01:07
2150s.
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US-53, Virginia, MN
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