Semi-truck carrying potatoes crashes on shoulder, Chattanooga TN


A semi-truck hauling potatoes crashed on the shoulder near Chattanooga, Tennessee. The truck stayed off the main lanes and there was minimal debris on the road. There was no immediate need to block traffic. Recovery and towing were planned to move the semi-truck.
Audio|Source: Chattanooga Police Department
02:52
Transcript:
00:00
13, I believe this is going to be a single vehicle crash.
00:04
All the other vehicles here were not involved in actual crash.
00:08
I'm clear, single-vehicle crash.
00:12
76, go ahead.
00:19
Do we know what the trek or trailer was hauling?
00:23
Nothing hazardous.
00:28
Item 13, are you able to see what the semi was hauling?
00:37
It's potatoes.
00:39
It's a semi-full of potatoes.
00:41
And they're all on the right shoulder. There's very little debris in the gravel lanes.
00:48
Adam 76, are you clear?
00:51
76 on clear.
00:57
Adam 76, do you want on-call T-dot?
01:07
Adam 13.
01:09
Go ahead.
01:14
Do you think on-call T-DOT will need to come out?
01:23
No, they just keep a lot of cleanup for the uh,
01:26
to the, uh, the,
01:27
uh, Tcha truck company.
01:30
Um.
01:35
Okay. Okay.
01:38
Go ahead.
01:44
I just asked if he's doing right, he just shouldn't say no and don't talk to me anymore.
01:50
I'm clear.
01:55
Mayn't 8.
01:58
Maynight, go ahead.
02:00
You can go ahead and go ahead and had a home call T-DOT due to the fact that they would have to block the road to put the truck back over.
02:11
Recovery, get a tow truck. Somebody says, are you clear on that?
02:19
See that, I'm clear on it.
02:21
I'm in room.
02:22
Adam 13.
02:25
It was...
02:26
22.
02:29
Are you currently shutting down the interstate?
02:32
Oh, yeah.
02:37
I don't have any lane shut down right now.
02:40
I'm on the shoulder and all the,
02:45
just about all the debris is on the shoulder.
02:48
There's nothing impeding traffic in either traveling.
02:51
I'm clear.
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