Serious crash on US 460 near Appomattox disrupts traffic, Appomattox VA
TrafficA serious motor vehicle accident occurred on US 460 near Appomattox causing road closure eastbound near Evergreen Supertop. At least one patient is critically injured and requires helicopter airlift. Emergency responders are coordinating multiple air medical landings at the Max Rescue Squad Building located at 763 Confederate Boulevard. Traffic is disrupted while the operation continues.
Audio|Source: Appomattox Public Safety
06:41
Transcript:
00:00
Refuse 62, do you have any recent information for the first one's one on a opinion?
00:07
to request a miss.
00:11
The first time is going to be a 36-year-old male.
00:18
222 years odds you got to eavesbound and shut down.
00:23
Eastbound and shut down right before Evergreen Supertop.
00:29
It's a 36-year-old male.
00:33
TAMPLY buyers are providing for me a day on chopper.
00:43
...set of numbers for the north coordinates so we may be searching for you for just a moment.
00:55
Where are y'all in relation to Appomatics itself on 460? We're crossing right over 460 at this moment at Appomatics.
01:06
Okay, we're going to be about 3.5 mile east on 460, so that matter.
01:12
All right, good copy. We're following 460 down that way.
01:21
Two.
01:27
Okay,
01:29
sir, it's green for up.
01:41
Go ahead.
01:43
Central's supposed to be coming to us, will they come and do the scene?
01:47
They were supposed to be coming to y'all.
01:50
All right, well they flew over us, they're talking to Pamph when going to that landing zone.
01:55
Let me see if I can catch them.
02:00
Air Command to Central One.
02:05
Yes, sir, we have the scene inside.
02:08
Central One, I need you to redirect. We've got a most critical patient at the landing zone at 763 Confederate Boulevard, that Max Rescue Squad Building.
02:20
Okay.
02:24
Ken Ford.
02:25
It should be 763 Richmond, or 763 Confederate Boulevard. I've got that LZ[2] set up already. All right, we are redirecting at this moment.
02:38
I apologize, we've got a peace patient that needs to go to Roanoke or Charlottesville.
02:45
Okay, good copy.
02:50
302, you direct on that traffic.
02:55
I copy that, uh,
02:57
central one going to read it direct back to the squad.
03:00
We'll be waiting on the second bird.
03:03
Yeah, boy, you should have two coming to y'all.
03:19
Central One, go ahead.
03:22
Session one, coming into the LZ[2] at the floor.
03:30
Around a minute or so out from y'all, we're coming in from the east.
03:48
And if you would have somebody there, if you have an LZ[2] command there or whatever,
03:54
what you see is kind of direct us in, because we don't have coordinates at all where you're at, we're just visually searching.
04:02
Okay. RETC squad, LZ[2] command to Central 1.
04:12
If you are acknowledged, we're on the phone with the nail,
04:15
they're confirming this.
04:17
We can request to.
04:21
The max, 483, then round two, direct on Richmond Highway.
04:28
Have one.
04:33
That's 2626 that money.
04:36
Or we're going to be coming over this station because of the winds just to let you all know.
04:42
You can let us know. It's going to be morning like 30.
04:46
ALZ[2] command, copy.
04:48
And if you would, make sure the ambulance doors closed for us.
04:57
POMatics Rescue 62.
05:00
Go ahead.
05:04
The second helicopter, Air Pier 5, they have a... EPA, they're en route. The accident scene, LZ[2],
05:13
C.
05:14
The lifeguards, they have a 25-minute each day headed towards the accident site.
05:31
That's 10-4[1] because I've been doing the name dispatch.
05:35
10-4[1], thank you.
05:37
Thank you.
05:51
See an automatics just mark central one's on location at the squad building
05:58
careful
06:04
Are you on the east side or what's on?
06:09
We're on a crossover. Where do you need us?
06:13
Stand by, I'll give you a phone call.
06:17
Cool.
06:30
I don't know whose vehicle it is. I got blue light in that inside eastbound lane, or I'm sorry, the passing lane,
06:37
travel lane eastbound, travel lane eastbound.
06:40
Can we hold that lane for just a minute?
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment/Affirmative
[2]
LZ: Landing Zone (helicopter landing area)
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Location mentioned:
Near Confederate Blvd, Appomattox, VA 24522
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