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So around 1:30 or so between Bristol and Neshaminy on the PA Turnpike, there is an active multi-site accident involving six people, two tractor trailers and four 4 wheelers. Two critical ALS patients and two BLS patients and two refusals.
State Police of course are encrypted but Turnpike maintenance is in the clear, as is EMS. Turnpike maintenance is doing all the work reporting and keeping track and getting information. There's only one troop car anyway.
I noticed that when I put on channel 19 and I am right near the turnpike scene...
Other than the usual excessive skip from the bayou I have not heard one exchange between two tractor trailers caught in the massive backup on the turnpike. Not one exchange.
Just as some background, this is where Route 95, route 13, PA connector Bridge over the Delaware River with the New Jersey Turnpike and Route 295 in New Jersey converge.
Bristol on the PA side and Bordentown on the New Jersey side are both heavy industrial areas with a great deal of trucking, truck stops, Etc. I have no doubt there are many 18 wheelers caught in this traffic charlie foxtrot.
That's a real testimonial to CB in this area. It was always very active here for 50 years straight.
Not one conversation on Channel 19 regarding the conditions. Amazing.
I know for many it's pretty active still. To me, this is a real eye-opener.
State Police of course are encrypted but Turnpike maintenance is in the clear, as is EMS. Turnpike maintenance is doing all the work reporting and keeping track and getting information. There's only one troop car anyway.
I noticed that when I put on channel 19 and I am right near the turnpike scene...
Other than the usual excessive skip from the bayou I have not heard one exchange between two tractor trailers caught in the massive backup on the turnpike. Not one exchange.
Just as some background, this is where Route 95, route 13, PA connector Bridge over the Delaware River with the New Jersey Turnpike and Route 295 in New Jersey converge.
Bristol on the PA side and Bordentown on the New Jersey side are both heavy industrial areas with a great deal of trucking, truck stops, Etc. I have no doubt there are many 18 wheelers caught in this traffic charlie foxtrot.
That's a real testimonial to CB in this area. It was always very active here for 50 years straight.
Not one conversation on Channel 19 regarding the conditions. Amazing.
I know for many it's pretty active still. To me, this is a real eye-opener.