Large metal piece falls off truck on freeway near 78th Ave, Phoenix AZ


A large metal piece fell from a truck on the southbound 101 freeway near 78th Avenue. It created a road hazard and a traffic break was requested to clear the debris. The truck kept moving due to heavy traffic.
Audio|Source: Arizona DPS - Highway Patrol Metro Phoenix West
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Transcript:
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1461 can you put me on a degree call northbound 101 at on top of opposite?
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10-4[1], 1335.
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I'm going to need a traffic break.
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Where do you need it to start?
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I just on top of northern.
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10-4[1], do I mean if they can assist with that traffic break?
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145-1-104.
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14351-104, 1336 cars.
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1336 cars. 14601, it's just going to be a large chunk of metal that's pulled off of another vehicle just happened just now.
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Time 4 is the vehicle that lost it on sea with you or did it continue?
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Negative. It flew out of the back of a truck, but there was heavy traffic.
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I did see what exactly the little vehicle came out of.
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10-4: Acknowledgement/Okay
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Location mentioned:
78th Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85033
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