Truck carrying car batteries overturns on interstate highway, Licking County OH
A truck carrying car batteries overturned on interstate 70 near mile marker 137, scattering batteries across the highway and blocking traffic. Emergency crews requested heavy wreckers to clear the debris.
Audio|Source: Licking County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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Deputy on scene advises it's going to be a load of car batteries scattered all over the highway.
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Here, Clarestein Jase for a heavy record.
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Medic 5. Ill person.
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Medics 5,
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368, Executive Drive, South, Cross Streets, Cranwood Drive, and Executive Drive West.
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Ill person.
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Respond on 45 EMS.
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We are getting on westbound now.
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If you manage not to get on, you can go in service, you're going to be trapped in traffic.
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Okay, clear me.
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You say go in service, roll, when you get back here.
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Correct.
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I'll be on this, identify all the rest of there.
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All right,
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until 221 is in service return.
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Here, clear, squad 221, service for trying.
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70, westbound, 129.
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Pass affirmative.
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There's not one.
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Number one.
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Zero, two.
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In service.
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The next 221 on service.
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Prince of David Michaels.
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He can be valid negative 56.
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Good.
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OJOT has crews en route and james is en route as well.
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You're clear, thank you.
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37 is going to be a 2026 Peterbilt out of Covington, a rock chuckers.
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It expires 731, 2026.
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Okay, I'm going to move this down to the 126 and finish it up at the Marathon on 37.
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Okay.
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Okay.
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Okay. Okay, sir.
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Okay, sir. I'll be right here.
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Okay.
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All right after.
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All right, folks.
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I already done.
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6-898, best that is to take 70 east and then that's 137.
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You got to come down to 100.
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There's too much traffic back up, probably to Brownsville.
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You're a broken try, guys.
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Your easiest way to get here is going to be 70 East,
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then that's split it's 137.
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You've got to go to stick to 100.
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Lanes are all backed up property of Brownsville.
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Okay, I think the 100 is a one-hundred show.
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Medic 2.91.
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Vehicle accident reported entrapment.
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Medic 2.91.
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139. I-70, westbound.
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Vehicle accident reported entrapment.
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Respond on 45 Ops 4.
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Medic 404, person hemorrhaging.
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Medic 404, 317, Shelter Cove, Drive, Cross Streets, Old Bay Drive, and Old Bay Drive, Halton, Drive.
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Person hemorrhaging, respond on 45 EMF.
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Maddo 291, Heart Control.
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Matti 2991, you can be in service.
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You're clear, thank you.
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37, radio.
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35, portable.
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Okay.
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There are two-tharders on the line, stream.
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You see that.
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I have signal 6 be on inspection.
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Okay.
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Control, I-70 command.
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Good.
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Man, you put Hopewell and Pash up in service.
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Do you still need rescue 301?
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That's a negative.
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Sorry, did not know they run around.
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To you clear, Rescue 301, you can be in service.
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Rescue 3rd,000.
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Hit the 137, my marker, the crossover right by the wall.
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Can come signal 100.
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There's not going to be any traffic.
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898, you need a commercial unit to head that way? All right.
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Okay,
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at 3278 Langstrom.
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I'm just getting ready to clear my stop here.
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I'll head that way.
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No.
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Lancaster, you can advise the wrecker also.
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There's going to be a large amount of batteries here.
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I don't know.
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They can get that or owe that.
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