Truck blocks eastbound road with battery smoke and coolant spill, Guadalupe County TX


An 18-wheeler truck has stopped on the eastbound access road near Santa Clara Creek due to faulty batteries causing smoke. There is a large coolant spill on the ground. The truck is blocking two right lanes, and emergency responders are on site managing the situation and cleaning up the spill.
Audio|Source: Guadalupe County Public Safety
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Transcript:
00:00
It's going to be on scene. It's going to be west of Santa Clara on the eastbound side, access road. Truck's going to be blocking the two right lanes.
00:08
The same exercise.
00:12
3A3 are he still needs assistance engine 83 894's radio is down at this time he contacted by public service
00:33
Be on scene with your deputy on H-10.
00:35
Nothing showing from the truck at this time, be able to investigate.
00:40
Copy 2186. Uh,
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you're just lying.
00:44
We don't have road blockage.
00:47
And, uh,
00:48
nothing showing from the truck at this time, so I'll investigate.
00:51
So are you on the main lanes or on the accessory?
00:59
Now you run Access Road.
01:01
If you come from Santa Clara, you're going to have to go down the Zool Road and turn around, do the turnarounds.
01:06
We'll be on the Access Road.
01:09
I'll do a counterflow on Access Road from Santa Clara.
01:26
Eighty-six all are in front of Dixie, correct?
01:31
We've run an Averyo company.
01:33
Just pull up behind the black gun mark bar.
01:40
Okay,
01:41
86, just for confirmation, can I just go counterflow on the access road to Yon or do I need to go to Nurt, Zool?
01:48
Nice, Fred. Internate 3. Injorn 83.
01:52
Copy engine 83.
01:54
Negative. It's down to one lane. You'll have to go westbound access road to Zool and come back up east now on the access road.
02:02
Fire dispatch, 4458. We're arriving.
02:05
It's Kirti MS.
02:07
All right. We'll see you.
02:09
Probably 58.
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And 12, when you arrive,
02:14
go past the 18-wheeler.
02:16
We got plenty of roadblocks to my deputies, but we got a lot of cooling on the ground. We need to throw some forwards right now.
02:25
Sancho 4458.
02:26
Pretty serious.
02:27
Go ahead.
02:29
Talk place available. Can you advise the deputy is needed?
02:33
Can you call twice and lift the voicemail.
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Calls back to transfer you through.
02:39
Copy.
02:41
So 2186. 2186. 2186.
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1221P.
02:49
Yes,
02:51
man. It looks like you have faulty batteries on the truck. No longer smoking, but we do have a lot of cooling on the ground.
02:57
And the truck is currently blocking.
02:59
The...
03:01
Can you read the last part of your talking?
03:04
Currently.
03:05
1216, 17.
03:07
1216, I've got four. My design is on scene already.
03:11
Cut. Cut.
03:13
Yes, ma'am.
03:14
Currently the 18-wheeler is blocking the eastbound access road in front of this company.
03:21
We do have a lot of cooling on the ground.
03:23
We're up to clean up.
03:25
Copy 2186. As the McQueening Engine 4411, on the scheme of Skyford is the first correction.
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SkyClift.
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2411.
03:38
Don't need me to continue or tonight to cancel.
03:42
Yeah, I'm starting on, I think you can cancel.
03:45
Fulfillac.
03:47
Fired it. All right, 179 cancel.
03:52
2450.
03:56
Copy 4450. Copy 4450. Copy 4450.
04:01
1913 S.O3,
04:04
is that you pulling up?
04:07
S.O.31010,000. Is that you pulling up?
04:10
1913, Robert?
04:12
10.40.
04:15
20103. Free advice?
04:18
S.O. We showed me off duty.
04:20
Okay.
04:22
The wrecker is going to hook onto the truck and at least pull them into the right lane so we can get some more room to work.
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Location mentioned:
Santa Clara Creek, Texas
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