Semi truck spills heavy cable wire on interstate, Paducah KY
TrafficA semi truck spilled about 45,000 pounds of cable wire on the westbound lanes of interstate I-24 near the Carroll Road exit in Paducah, Kentucky. This caused the highway to be fully closed for about two to three hours while emergency and road crews removed the debris and directed traffic to an alternate route.
Audio|Source: Paducah Police and Fire
08:34
Transcript:
00:00
Central dispatch to DES units.
00:02
One westbound of I-24.
00:04
We're going to have to have an alternate route to get traffic off there at Carroll Road at exit 3.
00:10
We've got a semi that's lost a lot of wiring on the interstate.
00:15
Central to DES units.
00:18
One westbound of I-24, we've got a semi there that has lost 45,000 pounds of cable wires.
00:24
We're going to need the alternate route activated.
00:28
We'll need to exit the traffic there at Carroll Road at the 3-exit ramp.
00:34
They're requesting DES units for assistance to the 3-mile marker there, central to DES clear.
00:44
55, we're at the headquarters.
00:47
10-4[1], thank you.
00:48
I'll show you en route.
00:59
We need a lift to move.
01:09
(number withheld).
01:12
Stand for.
01:20
Just advised that big record that those cable wires both land on the bridge, so he's going to have to find somebody to lift them over the concrete barrier on out of the roadway.
01:35
I'm on the phone with it now so they're going to need to lift the concrete barrier.
01:42
That's negative, just lit the cable wire, the fire spool over the barrier to get unloaded over here on the other side.
01:51
Might need like a skimiter or something, I don't know.
01:55
That works.
02:03
The Fountain and Broadway,
02:07
Kentucky,
02:09
(name withheld).
02:13
September.
02:20
Complete shutdown, go ahead.
02:23
Yeah, he locked the load after it goes to one lane with the concrete barriers, I would say probably at least two to three hours.
02:33
And four eastbound on.
02:35
Correct.
02:42
Does it may be shut down for two to three hours?
02:47
Careful.
02:53
On ramp at the 3 CD got anybody because as soon as I route them off here, they're just going to get right back on.
03:03
Or the on ramp in the 3?
03:05
Yeah, 10 4.
03:07
Because just as soon as I block this, they're just going to bypass and get right back on.
03:13
104. 104.
03:24
If you could assist county at the three on ramp,
03:29
let me the three westbound on ramp, you can just stop traffic from getting on there.
03:40
Good time.
03:43
Go ahead.
03:47
If you have another unit to go up there with her, go ahead and send them, and I'm also with her with her 85.
03:55
Stand for 359.
03:57
Can you help with that?
03:59
Yeah.
04:09
I'll send you that 3Mdp.
04:14
It's 46.
04:23
Go ahead.
04:25
My latch right here if that's far as we can go.
04:28
There's an extra layer we're blocking it.
04:41
10-4[1]. I thought maybe we could put it to use.
04:45
Keyes, I know that it would already have been here.
04:53
We've got a fire unit that's trying to block the on-ramp here, so we've got her shut down, we're to bird.
05:01
Thanks, sir.
05:09
My major partner.
05:16
We might need your partner.
05:22
We had a saw number for there.
05:24
I don't know, they were closed.
05:26
I'll bring them from the virtual.
05:30
What more is it a big? Yeah.
05:39
7 can take 23.
05:42
Go ahead.
05:44
Robert (number withheld).
05:52
Okay.
06:04
To end of 4-1. 367. We're cutting Kham in a fourth negative.
06:09
Okay.
06:15
10-4[1] to get up a 401 and see about getting a fire unit up here to my location and then I can go further westbound and start turning cars around and sending them back.
06:28
Yeah, I'll take the help we can get to avoid more wrecks.
06:34
Try to contact for one on fire and think we can get an engine up here to divert traps number three.
06:41
No return on that social.
06:59
No return on that social.
07:12
4-01, Station 1, I'll call it forth by.
07:16
10-4[1]. S.S. Request me to see if you can set a truck to the 3.
07:21
Yeah, 10-4[1]. Station 1, go in and start me a couple trucks already got personnel.
07:25
We're going to help shut this down here due to traffic on the bridge.
07:32
Station 1 copy.
07:34
Tanker 40, engine 42 will be enrault.
07:39
Civil, I can use the help here at the on-ramp right now.
07:42
Not to be trying to turn out by themselves.
07:44
But be it just four, see they give your hand too, maybe.
07:54
Your advising fire have it in an end-in-round.
07:58
Yeah, 24, sorry, I was listening to their traffic.
07:59
They've got one in right now.
08:02
Tempo break.
08:04
Go ahead.
08:05
Will you call County Road Department and see if they have the gravel on their grade all, if they could bring it up here to assist?
08:14
Go ahead.
08:29
Boy, (number withheld).
08:33
Park.
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