Tractor trailer blocks off-ramp on I-44 Westbound, Phelps County MO


A tractor trailer lost its trailer, blocking the off-ramp at mile marker 189 on I-44 Westbound in Missouri. This caused a traffic hazard. State troopers requested deputy assistance because they were tied up at another crash.
Audio|Source: Phelps County Sheriff and Fire
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Transcript:
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1196, there's a tractor trailer at the 189. It's blocking the off-ramp, let's not off-ramp.
00:12
Okay,
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reach out and see if I can help us with that. I'll be here for a little bit.
00:17
796, well clear.
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Let them know if it's blocking the roadway. We're not going to wait for them to send a tow truck from their preferred provider. It's whoever's closest.
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When they break down on the shoulder, they call who they want. If they break down the road, we call, just make sure they know that.
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7-9-6 for all clear.
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9529.
00:53
Again, 573, 452, 2.9.
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Mr. Steve, Frank 3,
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41, 338.
01:03
Moldian copy.
01:04
You enrol?
01:06
Copy.
01:28
Unknown, RP didn't have any further besides the neighbors are in a fiscal fight, so I'm going to assume it's still ongoing.
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2026.
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Thank you.
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Sorry, Mayors.
02:10
Go ahead.
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Mary Sean back, 42, please.
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442, please.
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442, 18 after having a good night, sir.
02:25
Covering two.
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22, mile mark of 189, I-44 Westbound.
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189, I-44 Westbound troops requesting a deputy assist with a semi that dropped its trailer at the bottom of the off-ramp at that location, abusing their troopers currently on a crash in Mary County.
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Infantile.
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2.25 and 335?
03:02
Wait.
03:06
Just for information, I heard stage traffic on that from 1196.
03:11
It wasn't definitely specific.
03:13
It was actually for all of the city here.
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I get here and say that if it is blocking the off ramp in the roadway,
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that the toe is going to be our preference, not as the drivers preferred.
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