Westbound I-70 shut down due to heavy traffic backup, Cooper County MO
TrafficWestbound lanes of I-70 in Missouri are completely closed due to a heavy traffic backup in Cooper County. Officials discuss rerouting vehicles and moving cars off the roadway to clear congestion.
Audio|Source: Cooper County Police, Fire, and EMS
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Transcript:
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I'm backed up here near 133 exit to the Debra,
00:04
Jimmy start pushing cars off.
00:13
Just keep it stacked up in both lanes at the can.
00:20
And welcome.
00:28
867
00:33
Copy a truck and trailer place
00:38
867 Nebraska truck plate
00:55
WAMUAM 437717 867 867
00:57
I-70 just arrived at my location near 134. Yeah, it looks like traffic.
01:03
The eastbound, or correction is westbound completely shut down to where they can come the opposite, or do they have to get to the outer road?
01:16
Stop traffic if they want to come the opposite direction. It'll probably be quicker because the traffic's backed up pretty far.
01:24
Okay, just confirm it. You're going to stop traffic and then send them your way? Steve found in the westbound.
01:34
Correct. Give me just a second to shut this down.
01:37
Yeah, you're good. He's going to have to back up, I'd say, about two, three minutes.
01:46
8-7-1-447. I relayed it. He's back up now to hit the cross-over.
01:54
871, I did not copy what you said.
02:00
Now, do you hit the crossover?
02:08
871-447. I-7 is going to back up and hit this crossover.
02:17
Whenever you shut it down, they'll come eastbound on your side.
02:26
Oh, bha-a-oh.
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