Car fire on PA Turnpike; driver blocks fire check, Bucks County PA


Police and fire units responded to a car fire on the Pennsylvania Turnpike near mile marker 305.9 eastbound. The driver refused to let firefighters open the hood, closed it himself, and said he was calling a tow truck.
Audio|Source: PA Turnpike Police Harrisburg - East
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Transcript:
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I'm on scene at 305.9 east with that car fire.
00:08
80263, okay.
00:18
Eighty-two sixty-three to ice-five?
00:23
Eighty-two sixty-three.
00:27
Do we have a Bowensville car coming out?
00:32
Yeah, ten four we have on the way.
00:37
Copy. The driver shut the hood and won't let fire department look under the hood.
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Make sure it's safe.
00:43
And he's calling a tow truck to come get it.
00:50
8263. Okay.
00:51
All advice about himself.
00:58
Hi, Spire, Lieutenant, 7776.
01:04
7776, go ahead.
01:07
Do you have PSB en route to this,
01:10
the driver is refusing to open the hood so we can check it?
01:17
I do. My 80260 also advised me as the same and I've updated the trooper.
01:26
Copy, thank you.
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