Truck and trailer block lanes on I-85 near Mount Hermon Bridge, Orange County NC
TrafficA large truck and trailer caused a blockage in both lanes of I-85 near Mount Hermon Church Road bridge. The concrete guardrail is damaged, and fuel is leaking into the nearby grass. No injuries have been reported. Emergency medical resources are currently limited and unavailable at the scene.
Audio|Source: Orange County Fire and EMS
04:34
Transcript:
00:00
Go ahead. I have NCD, OTSBC on the line requesting to know if all lanes are blocked on 85.
00:11
Currently traffic is stopped in both lanes.
00:14
The traffic can probably continue in one lane once we get some Elio resources up there to handle traffic.
00:20
You can also advise them that there's damage to probably 50% of the concrete guardrail on one side of the Mount Hermon Church Road Bridge on one lane.
00:35
333 driver to command.
00:38
Go ahead.
00:41
Go to put people down here at LEO advise no injuries, separate from the truck trailer incident.
00:48
Copy, separate from the incident, no injuries.
00:56
Communications up, sir.
00:59
Good. I have three deputies on Mount Hermon, would you like one of them to divert to 85?
01:06
I'm just getting here in front of all of them.
01:08
I'll just talk to them.
01:10
Copy.
01:15
4.150, East Franklin Street, at University United Methodist Church.
01:22
Sick person.
01:23
Medic 4.150, East Franklin Street, at University United Methodist Church, sick person, cross streets, Fort Hill Alley and Henderson Street.
01:33
Ups 1. Time on 2022.
01:41
Is with the high or if it's separate and then it's separate will as a vehicle description.
01:46
I'll have 2.34 check on that.
01:49
They advise it's the one with high patrol.
01:54
10 4. Medicare, are you direct?
01:59
I'm having nothing.
02:03
It looks like the driver of our truck down here is going to be refusal.
02:11
Copy.
02:17
23 Transporting L1 Retained UNC.
02:20
293 Transporting UNC 2024.
02:23
233, UNC.
02:26
2024. 3.33, 3.3D.
02:29
Fran.
02:33
Class unit.
02:37
Call on 333 driver.
02:40
Go ahead.
02:43
Are you still up on 85? Um,
02:47
Is there a need for a cop up there or is that the truck so mucking for us?
02:55
Speed.
02:58
Do you need law enforcement on a block or has that tractor still got a road shutdown?
03:06
Let me go back up there and check.
03:10
I thought you were stood up there.
03:11
I'm going to try and get one of these deputies and go up.
03:19
Communications.
03:23
The advice we do not have any medics available at this time.
03:30
Medic 5 has been at the hospital for approximately 34 minutes and Alamance EMS is standing by at the sheets.
03:42
I copied MEC 5 has been at the hospital for 35 minutes.
03:45
Alamance is standing by and then you cut out a couldn't hear anything after that.
03:52
We do not have any medics available and I will be reaching out to Durham to see if they can stand by the county line also.
04:00
Okay, thank you.
04:06
Saddle tanks were 25% capacity, fuel tank for the reefer was 50% capacity.
04:12
Fuel is leaking, leaking in the grass and downhill is not really any way for us to continue it at this time.
04:24
Man, you've got three standing by at Station 1.
04:26
We've got a truck and service if you need it.
04:30
Thank you, sir.
04:31
I think we're good on resources down here, but listen out.
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Mount Hermon Church Rd, North Carolina 27705
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