Traumatic injury reported on Highway 178 in Bakersfield

Heard on: Bakersfield Fire / Kern County Fire / USFS

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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Engine four, code two, medical aid, eastbound Highway 178, just east of the Union exit for traumatic injury.

00:05

Keep us on scene, clear and sir.

00:11

Engine sixty-four, medical aid, (number withheld) Warren Avenue, unit (number withheld), Adam, repeating.

00:21

Engine four.

00:23

Engine four.

00:26

Confirming, did this happen on the freeway?

00:31

Affirmative, eastbound, just east of the exit.

00:33

Case is on scene.

00:39

Copy, be advised, engine four will be responding.

00:42

Code three.

00:44

Would you upgrade the ambulance?

00:46

Affirmative.

00:53

Unit eight, code two, medically to Sage Edwards and Manley Avenue for an assault.

01:03

Unit four.

01:07

Unit four.

01:09

The advised correct location will be westbound Highway 178 east of Huron.

01:21

Copy, we'll advise ambulance.

2026-09-14 06:34 UTC

Medical Emergency

CA-178, Bakersfield, CA

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, radio traffic describes a possible traumatic injury on Highway 178 near the Union exit, later corrected to westbound near Huron in Bakersfield. Engine 4 and an ambulance are responding with lights and sirens.