Tractor-trailer brakes stuck on I-74 westbound, Fountain County IN
TrafficA westbound tractor-trailer on I-74 in Indiana has stuck brakes causing sparks and intermittent smoke. The vehicle continues moving at about 80 mph and has not yet stopped. Units are trying to locate and intercept the truck for safety.
Audio|Source: Fountain County Fire and EMS, Warren County EMS
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Transcript:
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Attention, some kind of units in the area, I-74, westbound from the 25-mile marker,
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the tractor trailer, Great Dane trailer has brakes that are stuck, there's sparks coming out from underneath,
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no one's been able to get stopped yet, I-74, westbound near the 25 mile marker, a tractor-trailer with the Great Dane trailer, brakes are stuck.
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23 is clear out of position.
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23nd.
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Dispatch 3.65 tonight.
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806-5. Dispatch 2031.
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2331. 2331.
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On my way out of the eye, see if I can spot that truck.
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Could you give you a description again?
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My caller could only realize it's a great Dane trailer.
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The brakes are smoking, so you'll probably see that.
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Also, the vehicle is going probably about 80.
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Okay, could you call them back, see if we get a better location?
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That's from you.
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18-bound marker.
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2331. RPM is still going.
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Some of the smoking has stopped now, but it starts off and on.
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Following in a white stripe.
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Okay, we're there.
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Every 18, they're right past the 18th.
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Clear.
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On Pete, right, he's been a half mile of the exit.
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Clear.
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He's driving a flatbed.
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Your RP.
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Affirmative.
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Okay.
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I'm gonna flip track each up.
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Dispatch 80610 today.
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80610.
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Dispatch 31 more stop at about the 14, you still smoke a little bit.
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It's going to be a Texas 1028 on a trailer, 209, C.
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Charles, 983.
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