Icy highway ramps cause slow traffic and hit-and-run crash, Pulaski County IN
TrafficSeveral semi-trucks were stopped or moving very slowly on icy highway ramps and grades on I-65 in Indiana, causing hazardous travel conditions. A hit-and-run crash occurred involving a black truck and a black Volkswagen near mile marker 12.6 westbound. Maintenance crews are working to clear the ice and improve road safety.
Audio|Source: Pulaski County Public Safety
03:43
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A level 161, I'm getting on from Ridge now and all these semis are just at a stand still here.
00:12
Okay, 161. I just did the same thing.
00:14
I'm going to clear the long ramp, see if that semi is still there.
00:17
It looks like all of these semis are moving, they're just moving extremely slowly.
00:26
Well, U913, just information, I don't see that first time I called out, believe they're 108.
00:32
8913.
00:36
I'm not sure, for whatever reason, so many drivers act like they're scared to move.
00:47
Oh, 161 information.
00:51
Sirky 1161.
00:56
That's for 1043, several of the timid drivers were scared to drive because of the ice railway conditions.
01:03
They were advised to continue moving, just at a slow pace.
01:08
13161.
01:13
Oh, 161 is Dendog, en route to make another pass through here.
01:28
Just for 10.43, these similes are starting to jackknife, you know what, going extremely slow.
01:35
Well, 95913, mark me 1042.
01:39
95913.
01:41
13, 161.
01:44
Go ahead, Sarah.
01:49
I've notified endot several times about the ICE issues at the 258.6 just recently after 8913 passed through, they're working on contacting their trucks to get it cleared up.
02:03
I'm clear.
02:06
L.80913 information.
02:08
8.913.
02:14
1043 only. I know Endot is busy.
02:17
Northbound to westbound is also a complete sheet of ice.
02:20
However, there's not really a grade here, so there aren't as many issues.
02:24
The 258 areas where there's a grade and a curve, so some eyes are starting to have issues there.
02:29
This is okay as long as traffic stays at about three miles an hour, which it's doing.
02:34
Just 1043 only.
02:42
District 13 years just for 1043 I just got the TX with in that they just spoke to their maintenance supervisor.
02:49
They have additional resources coming from rental here.
02:53
They should be making scenes shortly.
02:56
Hopefully we can get the ice cleared up.
02:59
Clare.
03:01
All 13144 you can show me 1041.
03:03
Do you have a detail pending or that the day shift needs to be relieved from?
03:10
No one needs to be relieved, but I do have a crash that came in.
03:15
I didn't want to move my units.
03:16
That's at the 12.6, I do westbound, 12.6 ID westbound, just for I-65, a black (name withheld) now, you hit and run by Black Volkswagen.
03:26
44?
03:28
Just for 1043R, 65 to 80 ramps are extremely icy,
03:35
causing very slow to ice.
03:38
One 44. It's pretty much a part for the lap.
03:41
I'll give you a TX 161.
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