Sedan blocking northbound lanes on Interstate 17, Phoenix AZ


Dispatchers report a brown or red sedan stopped in the right northbound lanes of Interstate 17 near the transition to Interstate 215. The vehicle may be facing the wrong way and is creating a traffic hazard. Units discuss needing assistance, turning around to respond, and delays caused by nearby road closures.
Audio|Source: Arizona DPS - Highway Patrol Metro Phoenix West
01:17
Transcript:
1461 District 5 has a 964[1] blocking need assistance to northbound at 250. Copy a Woff freeway. I-17-215 northbound. Copy. I'm going to have to turn around. I just got on the transition route. Supercopy Brown or red sedan in the right lane facing wrong way. Could not specify if wrong way or occlusion. Was it just south at Deer Valley? TioC says northbound right lane adjacent to the area valley off ramp access from roadscourt so that might be in our district at 1840 hours obviously going to take me a little bit but if you want to just pull it on our district careful moving over and your turning where I'm barely getting over on the transition ramp from the 17 to westall 101 and since one, do we still need 559 to continue? Yeah, more or likely because it's probably going to take me a bit. There's a bunch of road closures here on the 101. Don't for copy.
1461 District 5 has a 964[1] blocking need assistance to northbound at 250. Copy a Woff freeway. I-17-215 northbound. Copy. I'm going to have to turn around. I just got on the transition route. Supercopy Brown or red sedan in the right lane facing wrong way. Could not specify if wrong way or occlusion. Was it just south at Deer Valley? TioC says northbound right lane adjacent to the area valley off ramp access from roadscourt so that might be in our district at 1840 hours obviously going to take me a little bit but if you want to just pull it on our district careful moving over and your turning where I'm barely getting over on the transition ramp from the 17 to westall 101 and since one, do we still need 559 to continue? Yeah, more or likely because it's probably going to take me a bit. There's a bunch of road closures here on the 101. Don't for copy.
Police codes explained
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[1]
964: Traffic Accident/Collision
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I-17, Phoenix, AZ
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