Two-ton truck breaks down blocking state route 18, Defiance County OH
A two-ton truck broke down and is blocking part of State Route 18 in Defiance County. The driver left the scene after calling a towing company that is delayed by over an hour, leaving the vehicle partially on the roadway.
Audio|Source: Defiance County Sheriff, City Police, Fire and EMS - Digital
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Transcript:
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All right I have a signal 6 on the phone he said (number withheld)
00:06
which is the bend in State Route 18. There's a two-ton truck halfway on the roadway that broke down and the driver is no longer present. The driver said he has no idea when a wrecker will arrive. He called a towing company and left the scene. The vehicle is still partially on the roadway.
00:25
Okay, I'll go Tony with the vehicle.
00:29
Where do you want me to tell him because he doesn't know when the wrecker is going to arrive?
00:39
One of the Harmon Headtricks here.
00:43
John Henry Dion (number withheld).
00:45
H. H.J.
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(number withheld).
00:49
F. 250.
00:53
Here, Claire, two and see.
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First.
01:00
20, 20 to 9, 1070.
01:03
Okay.
01:04
Here, clear, okay.
01:10
They called Tommy Board Towing, and they said they are 104 minutes out.
01:15
I'll give them a 10 and see what they have to say.
01:19
Clear.
01:24
There's Thomas Simmons valid, negative 47, so moving in the last 12th?
01:30
Please.
01:36
On the station, 53-6.
01:39
Yeah, we're clear.
01:45
2931.
01:51
Right, I just talked to Tom before telling, they're clear over past Finley.
01:55
They haven't even left yet.
01:56
He said, do what you got to do, because this can be an hour or two before I'm even there.
02:03
Okay, yeah, go ahead and start.
02:05
Next available,
02:06
if it's a heavy wrecker for a semi, I believe.
02:11
The order only told me it was a two-ton truck.
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OH-18, Ohio
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