Traffic incident at Highway 18 and Balsam in Ventura, Ventura IA


There is an ongoing traffic incident at Highway 18 and Balsam in Ventura. Medical assistance is needed, and there may be a need for towing. Concerns about traffic congestion and potential road closures are being discussed.
Audio|Source: Kossuth County Public Safety
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Transcript:
You're going to be meeting with a, like, medic, are they aware of this or I need to call them and let them know? You probably have to call them. All of our medics are out at the moment. Have more. At 15 from Hanker County. Go ahead for 15. 515. I reach Clear Lake, they're going to have their medic paged out and meet you at Balsam or Maine and Highway 18 in Ventura. Can you repeat the location again? 10-4[1]. It'll be Highway 18 and Balsam or the Main or the Main Street. Ventura. Ten-four. Two-thirty. Two-thirty. This might be something we want to wait till volume of traffic goes down a little bit before we try any towing so we don't end up with all the interstate closed. We do get a hold of TNC if they have a DOC foreman that can 25 with incident command up there with 40 car 9 or whoever it is up there 10 more
You're going to be meeting with a, like, medic, are they aware of this or I need to call them and let them know? You probably have to call them. All of our medics are out at the moment. Have more. At 15 from Hanker County. Go ahead for 15. 515. I reach Clear Lake, they're going to have their medic paged out and meet you at Balsam or Maine and Highway 18 in Ventura. Can you repeat the location again? 10-4[1]. It'll be Highway 18 and Balsam or the Main or the Main Street. Ventura. Ten-four. Two-thirty. Two-thirty. This might be something we want to wait till volume of traffic goes down a little bit before we try any towing so we don't end up with all the interstate closed. We do get a hold of TNC if they have a DOC foreman that can 25 with incident command up there with 40 car 9 or whoever it is up there 10 more
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10-4: Acknowledgement/Message Received
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Location mentioned:
US-18, Ventura, IA
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