Tow truck driver injured after running over his leg, Cleveland TN


A tow truck driver ran over his own leg with a vehicle at TireTown Auto Sales on South Lee Highway. Emergency units responded quickly, and the vehicle was removed from his leg. The driver is alert and able to make phone calls.
Audio|Source: Bradley County Sheriff, Cleveland Police, Fire Rescue and MAC
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Transcript:
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Engine One, Rescue One, South Lee Highway, Southwest, TireTown Auto Sales.
00:05
A mail says that he ran himself over with a vehicle at this location.
00:13
It's definitely the tough truck driver.
00:15
So far any man.
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Copy, they're all en route to you.
00:27
85 does. A supervisor, he's asking me to drive it off his leg.
00:36
He's already on scene there.
00:39
A tow truck driver was there, I believe, for the previous call,
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and I'm not sure what's happened, but he's saying the car ran him over and said it's on his leg.
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11, show me not.
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I'll copy.
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Okay, status. Can you want to feel like your choice?
01:01
Okay.
01:07
Southwest, TireTown Auto Sales. It's going to be in reference to a previous call.
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P.D. is already out there. It looks like the tow truck driver had ran himself over with the vehicle used towing away from the previous call.
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It looks like it is currently on his legs right now.
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85. You want to advise him this. It's a white male, 55-year-old tow truck driver.
01:32
He's good. He's sitting up. He's making phone calls.
01:42
I copy.
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507. It's going to be a 55-year-old male. He's sitting up and talking. Pity's advice and they have the vehicle off of his leg at this time.
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Rescue One Engine One, I think we could probably handle this one.
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We'll continue until we're sharing the guys clear.
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