Accident blocks eastbound I-196 causing traffic backups, Allegan County MI
TrafficAn accident occurred on eastbound I-196 near the split, blocking the highway and causing heavy traffic backups. The highway was closed and traffic was rerouted to US-31.
Audio|Source: Allegan County Police, Fire and EMS - Conventional / Digital
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Transcript:
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Braskop Station from 705.
00:12
Prescott Station 705, hey, if we've got people there, we better get somebody rolling because traffic is backed up all the way to the first turnaround.
00:21
So if we can at least get a crew to slow some people down, we're going to see if we can open up the lane here, I think.
00:32
Let's go ahead and stop. Let's go ahead and close the highway at the split, please.
00:39
Yeah,
00:40
I didn't catch all that. You weren't onto what I was.
00:46
On two.
00:48
Let's close the highway at the split and send everybody to US-31.
00:56
Okay, you're going to need to go back there or somebody is, because I just got that Brock here, take the engine along with Alex.
01:09
Copy that, I'll try to get fun around here.
01:11
I'm going to have to check what command I'm on scene right now.
01:16
All right, so eastbound is blocked with debris or what's going on?
01:22
Yeah, they've got it. They've got vehicles on both sides here. It's the eastbound that's got the accident.
01:29
So traffic is stopped on eastbound.
01:36
Okay, go back to west.
01:43
712 in row.
01:44
Hello, nice.
01:47
Go ahead.
01:52
How did beat me on the game?
02:00
So we have the eastbound I-196 closed off at the split.
02:07
No more.
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I-196, Michigan
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