Orange vehicle stalled blocking lanes at 1st Ave NE, Watertown SD

Traffic

Reported: 9/21/2025 01:45 PM

1st Ave NE & 19th St NE, Watertown, SD 57201

An orange vehicle is stalled and blocking lanes at the intersection near 19th Street and 1st Avenue Northeast in Watertown. This is causing a traffic obstruction. Police units and possibly a tow truck are responding to the scene.

Audio|Source: Codington County Public Safety

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Transcript:

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319. I was dispatched to that.

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I was trying to make sure we had the run vehicle stopped first.

00:05

I will head that way.

00:13

We have the orange vehicle.

00:16

The orange vehicle is stalled in the roadway.

00:30

104. We have a unit heading that way.

00:38

Vice D. Vice B would be.

00:45

Watertown, 10.23.

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Current, 1023.

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Watertown, 1022.

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HP 84, Watertown, 1023.

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84 and 1040.

01:03

Apologies, my portable's not getting out.

01:07

10.15, 49.

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Walker County HP4.

01:12

You can stretch them.

01:13

I'll be doing a VER.

01:16

Yep.

01:17

23.

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All four.

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5-2-319.

01:27

I'll be 1097[1].

01:33

I'll be 1097[1].

01:34

I'll be 28 for it here in just a minute.

01:36

Let me get stopped.

01:39

We do have a vehicle blocking part of the intersection.

01:49

10.4. 55 Edward John 6.7.

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104. 5.2.319.

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We are going to need a toll.

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I'll see. They have a preference.

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10.

02:16

Are you 106 in anything?

02:21

I have.

02:27

Could you make your way over to 19th Street, 1st Avenue, Northeast? We have a vehicle blocking a couple lanes of traffic here.

02:37

Sounds far.

02:38

We're starting to infection so they come out.

02:42

I'm not sure.

02:44

Once you get here, we'll figure out we're blocking all of eastbound Willow Creek Drive lanes right now.

02:54

5-219. Could you get a hold of crackers or the Pontiac?

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1097: Arrived on scene

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