Vehicle crash closes I-71 southbound near East Dublin exit, Columbus OH
TrafficA vehicle crashed on I-71 southbound near the East Dublin Granville exit. The driver exited the vehicle and medics are checking him. Authorities have closed the road and are managing heavy traffic and detours affecting the nearby casino area.
Audio|Source: Columbus Police Zone 1
04:47
Transcript:
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9061, driver's out of the vehicle, so he's okay, but let's just have a medic check him out.
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Copy there and Ralph Harris.
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9061, Jedd Virginia tag, Tom, Edward Sam, 3598.
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Hi, copped.
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You can you tell us exactly where that type, please?
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Missal 71 southbound to the east Dublin Grandville exit.
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Good drive us up.
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96[1], you're just going to be right before it?
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593.
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Right before the exit, okay, I copy, thank you.
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Cleveland and Nate.
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King Nora George, 7474, King Norah George 7474 and on a great dodge.
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Reggie going to be in front of the hometown studios on the other sentence.
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21.31.
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Hi, copy.
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6.0.0.2.
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231.
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5 minutes. Robi, turning on to Grown.
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12.
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12.
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Any Wells, 6-2.
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Turning on to Groton.
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Hi, copy. 931.
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951. We'll verify that tag.
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Tom, Edward Sam,
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3598, West Virginia.
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600 girls, same.
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It's just going to be Virginia, not West Virginia.
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Tom.
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2131.
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Tom Edwards, Sam, 3598.
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Copy. Virginia, my apology, thank you.
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96[1]-1, that turns out to a gray jeep.
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Say, Matthews,
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appears to be valid.
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I copy.
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I copy. And just be advised, we have a possible 20 coming in on Chatterton Road. Call her was a neighbor.
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Yeah, I copy. She went to search his house.
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Yep.
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If we have any officer support on the duty per Sergeant Toth, they're requesting you to head to the racing now.
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What did you say?
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Sergeant Toth called in and was asking for officer support to go to the Racino. Did you guys need them out there?
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Stand by.
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Okay.
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Yes, for that's up.
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Yes, please.
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Copy. We have any officer support on East. Please head down to the Racino, 6,000-55.
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Let's do those other units, I've got a lot of traffic still coming north down on 23.
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Is that all just exiting the casino?
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That's for, yeah, that's going to be a, we just had to turn them around to go north.
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You're not diverting them through the casino and then coming back out, are you?
03:28
Not anymore, no.
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We had to for a minute with Daryl was on now.
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Copy.
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18% you guys okay if they're on Ashley Drove?
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Okay, sir.
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Copy.
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S2.
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That's two, go ahead.
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9011.
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32.
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So you can just do a drive-through for this hazardous 36, 270 eastbound near Mymarker, 26.
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About it's higher in the far right-hand lane.
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I don't know if it's before,
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271 or after.
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To be advised, it looks like the traffic that's going to be coming north is all from the racina.
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They're going northbound from the hotel slash racina. We got all blocked off at the main intersection, so I've got some CPs that's going to allow them to go north.
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Now you'll let me copy.
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I copy, but is 23 shutdown at 665?
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Stay for them.
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That is shutdown.
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All right, copy that.
Police codes explained
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96: Sick person
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I-71, Columbus, OH
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