Accident with Injuries on I-78 Westbound in Greenwich Township, Berks County PA
TrafficA motor vehicle accident occurred on Interstate 78 westbound in Greenwich Township. One male has a head laceration with controlled bleeding. Emergency services and fire units are responding. Traffic is backed up and road closures or detours may be necessary due to the blockage.
Audio|Source: Berks County and Reading Fire / EMS
03:26
Transcript:
00:00
All right. I have one male with a head laceration, bleeding controlled, conscious alert, oriented.
00:07
And you can have your other EMS unit come to 143 to 78 westbound.
00:13
They can drive right up and they'll be able to access it.
00:16
Okay. Versus just watching them now.
00:18
And I'm going to do the same thing with the fire units.
00:21
We're going to have to get loaders up here to get this reopened.
00:24
Yeah, my truck is Beach on 78.
00:26
I'm walking out. Okay.
00:27
I'll see you in a minute or two.
00:28
Here's the command of the rescue engine.
00:30
We have an off the show and traffic is already backed up westbound, I mean eastbound, to Mount Road.
00:36
All right.
00:39
Rescue[1] engine, you're going to come down and you're going to access the Wenthartville ramp.
00:45
You're going to go on the inner loop.
00:48
To go east and the west.
00:50
Sorry,
00:51
West and the East you're going to do on the Wenthart's Hill side of it.
00:54
Okay, God, they come up for a 133.
00:56
Each, okay, west of the east.
00:58
Yeah, access the new road, though, you'll see it on what they poured.
01:03
But you're going to be going back towards Hamburg on that inner loop.
01:07
Greenwich Township, Interstate 78, Westbound linelocker 35.4, motor vehicle accident, injuries, level 2.
01:14
Ambulance 5453, you're now needed to meet up with the medic from Medic 5451 on 143.
01:24
Greenwich Township for a motor vehicle accident with injuries level 2, 028.
01:29
Berks, Interstate command.
01:30
What off channel did you give us? I did it.
01:34
You're going to have Ops One.
01:35
Thank you. Thank you.
01:36
And I have a request in from 76 in the bow.
01:40
Okay. All right, our backlog is somewhere around, uh, between Mount Road and the inner reservoir loop.
01:51
Can you let them know if they could shut the gates down to avoid a detour into the borough?
01:56
I'll see what I know.
01:58
And also, panel out,
01:59
Sorry, ESP, just a bit aware if we got to drop the gates.
02:03
Thank you. Thank you.
Police codes explained
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[1]
Rescue: Technical rescue response (e.g., specialized equipment/personnel needed)
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I-78, Greenwich Township, PA
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