Three-car accident causes heavy traffic jam on University St, Chattanooga TN
TrafficA three-car accident occurred on I-40 causing one vehicle to flip. Traffic on University Street and nearby roads including Sanderson Road experienced severe congestion with cars backed up about 20 vehicles deep. Traffic was at a standstill in both directions, lasting for over two hours. Detour traffic contributed to the heavy backups in the area.
Audio|Source: The Lookout Mountain Amateur Radio Community Repeater System
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Transcript:
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You know, when we were testing out my antenna earlier, Roger, I was just going to go around the block, and I went down to University Avenue, and I found myself downtown.
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But I'm telling you what, man, I've never seen such traffic in this area.
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In my life, I don't know where these people are coming from.
00:17
They had a big wreck down on I-40, and I don't know, there may be some detour traffic coming through here, but I've never seen them backed up on Sanderson Road.
00:27
I mean, they're... cars backed up,
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20, 20 deep, you know, going through the neighborhood.
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I'm going to see if I can rent billboard space out in front of my house, because I bet 1,000 cars a day go by here.
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Comment.
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Tell me, go ahead.
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Thank you, Roger.
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W4PKX, I've made it into Tennessee there.
00:54
Two and a half hours there, Jerry, two and a half hours parked.
00:57
Not moving both directions.
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It's the dinner and a door now.
01:03
And there he had access on both sides.
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Single lanes, action on both sides.
01:09
Yep, they were looking for other avenues for sure.
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Guys, have a great night. Enjoyed listening to you, W4BKA.
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Weather, conditions,
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mostly. I heard him talking about it on CB.
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I was out in a car putting my antennas in, and I had the CB radio on. And I heard them talking about at least one of those wrecks was a three-car pile-up.
01:31
had flipped and had traffic backed up at a standstill. I didn't know there was both sides.
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All it takes, I'll tell you, is one wreck, and then they'll be rubber knackers and everything else.
01:45
You know,
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instead of chasing speeders, it looked like they would chase more of the tailgators.
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Because I've seen them doing 65, 70, 75, even 80 miles an hour, one or two car spaced.
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And, you know, all it takes is one of them to hit the brakes, and you've got a pilot.
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Location mentioned:
University St, Chattanooga, TN
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