Semi truck smokes heavily on I-65 but no fire found, Hardin County KY


A semi-truck on I-65 near Exit 80 was seen emitting heavy smoke from its exhaust, likely due to engine failure. There were concerns it might be on fire, but no flames were observed. The truck later pulled into the Iron Skillet truck stop.
Audio|Source: Hardin County Sheriff, Radcliff Police, Vine Grove Police & KSP-4
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Transcript:
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For a control, just calling to advise, there's a semi-cabs like blue and color traveling southbound.
00:07
Call it a hundred miles on fire.
00:14
If you're advising southbound, I've been sitting here for a couple minutes and I've not seen any ten-eyes southbound on fire.
00:25
Four.
00:28
Thirty-five, you count.
00:31
Do it.
00:34
Northbound roughly three minutes ago, there was a semi getting off to 86 north, smoking heavily from his stack.
00:43
I think he was probably having engine failure and was creating a whole bunch of smoke.
01:01
Control call back and advised the semi has now pulled into the iron skillet.
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I-65, Kentucky
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