Debris on highway causes drivers to swerve dangerously, Buena Vista CO


Debris scattered on Highway 24 is causing drivers to swerve into oncoming lanes and drive unsafely to avoid the obstruction.
Audio|Source: Chaffee County Public Safety
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Transcript:
00:00
When you guys get a chance, can you be an ETA on CDOT[1] for this road hazard? People are going in oncoming traffic to try to avoid it.
00:10
Okay, we'll try to get an update.
00:27
P10 slide up.
00:32
Go ahead.
00:34
4-5-264 is going to pick up that mountain line tonight. He just says it'll be an extended ETA.
00:43
Okay.
00:45
2030.
00:57
A lot of trick history.
01:01
Okay.
01:04
I'm sorry if I missed it.
01:06
Um,
01:07
is it supposed to be on the east or westbound shoulder?
01:18
Towards fair play?
01:20
Oh,
01:23
east?
01:59
I copy a 2032.
02:05
An exact ETA yet, their driver has been called out.
02:09
They're saying usually a 30-to-hour ETA, though.
02:15
I copy that.
02:18
2032.
02:57
Can you see if fire can just respond out here with a couple of shovels? That's all you really need is just a couple bags of trash, but people are driving pretty recklessly through here.
03:10
Copy 233.
03:36
County Fire, Attention Chiefs County Fire, a request for assistance for a cleanup.
03:43
Mile marker 2.1.2.5, Highway 24.
03:48
Mile marker 212 and a half on Highway 24, about a mile or half mile south of BB.
03:55
Have debris all over the road. People are driving recklessly to try to avoid it. Time 2034.
Police codes explained
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[1]
CDOT: Colorado Department of Transportation
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