Traffic accident on Westheimer causes lane blockage, Houston TX
TrafficA traffic accident occurred near Hotel Derek and CVS on Westheimer Road causing a lane to be blocked and heavy traffic backup. No injuries were reported, and the vehicles involved are drivable. Officers arranged for the vehicles to be moved into a nearby parking lot to clear the lane.
Audio|Source: Houston Police Department - All Districts
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Transcript:
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We've got traffic back up on Westheimer for at least a mile or two southbound on the service road.
00:06
I can get it moved to the shoulder of the road. So it's only blocking up one lane.
00:15
I just need to get it approved.
00:17
Everybody's okay.
00:18
HFV is checked out on everybody.
00:20
I just need to get the... It's causing greenlock really bad down here. I'm by myself.
00:26
That's the two-an-o-o-2.
00:28
Are you able to approve that?
00:36
Two animal seven, if that's minor, both vehicles can be moved.
00:40
Go ahead and have them move them off to the next exit. We'll get a unit there.
00:44
It's going to be a Northwest area.
00:46
Let Northwest come pick it up. It's going to be an higher area. We'll get it.
00:51
Hi, Sergeant Simmons, I think that's the problem.
00:54
Dispatch just got on the radio.
00:56
It's on Richmond or on Westheimer, under the loop, but it's eastbound.
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And Midwest is trying to say it's ours, even though it's coming from their side into ours. So it's theoretically a Midwest crisis. You might need this watch over to their radio and put them in on the district boundary.
01:18
At 610, right in front of the hotel Derek, they'll re-doing new construction on it.
01:25
Everyone?
01:30
Hotel Derek, is that on the right, on the west or the eastbound side?
01:37
It'll be eastbound right across the street from the CVS.
01:40
Eastbound on Westheimer.
01:43
Inbound on West Timber. Inbound on West Timer.
01:46
Take those vehicles, get them into the parking lot, not on the side of the road.
01:51
We'll get a unit out.
01:53
Till Northwest, thank you.
01:57
That's clear.
01:58
I'll put them in the CVS parking lot.
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Location mentioned:
Near Westheimer Rd, Houston, TX 77098
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