Deceased man found crushed by boulder in water, Colorado Springs CO
HomicideEmergency responders found a deceased man in the water near Nevada Ave and I-25. The man was crushed by a large boulder that fell on him. The recovery involved removing the boulder from the body. Police were on site to assess the situation before recovery.
Audio|Source: Colorado Springs Fire and EMS
04:46
Transcript:
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Go ahead.
00:03
Our ambulance is just on the north side of the highway,
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about a half mile south of the Nevada exit.
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And we're just down the trail,
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patients in the water.
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It's code A.
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Dispatch, retire one.
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Go ahead.
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Petri-1, go ahead.
00:33
Dispatch retire one, go ahead.
00:38
Dispatch Retire one.
00:40
Go ahead.
00:44
Would you add me to the call with engine 13 and when Power 1 clears their elevator, would you add them to the call as well?
00:54
Copy, we'll do.
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From dispatch.
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Darwin.
01:04
I could have you respond to Engine 13 or some patient.
01:11
Tower 1, okay.
01:13
In Tower 1, it's going to be I-25 and South Nevada and they are on Command 4[1].
01:21
Receive, Command 4[1].
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Just south of Nevada and I-25.
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Tierra 1 on 4.
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Ryan, can you give me that again?
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We're going to be on the northbound off-ramp,
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just south of Nevada and I-25,
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near the location where we usually enter to fight a lot of the rush fires around here via the trail system.
01:55
Okay, I got a truck coming, if we have to do a recovery,
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and then just make sure PD is coming because we'll need to have them assess it before we do a recovery.
02:09
Hey, firm, I have PD with me right now.
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Give me one second and I'll give you a full update on the party.
02:24
This batch, AMR 20 responding to 3 from Memorial Central with engine 4.
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(number withheld).
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Engine 13 from 73, is there anything else you might need for me?
02:42
Negative, you can clear.
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Copy.
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Agent 13 from Tower 1.
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Go ahead, TOWROM.
02:57
Is it best to head Norris on I-25 and take the exit for Nevada to be on the off-ram?
03:06
That's from Engine 18.
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Engine 18, go ahead.
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Earlier today, we had an El Paso County unit assigned this alarm.
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I'm going to confirm there are no other outside agencies responding to this.
03:21
That's correct. It's just you guys.
03:31
Spatch engine 13.
03:34
Go ahead, engine 13.
03:37
Can you go ahead and start Heavy Rescue as well, Code 2?
03:43
Heavy Rescue Code 2.
03:46
Tower 1 and Battalion 1. I have an update for you.
03:50
We have a male party. Obviously, deceased has been crushed by a large boulder that has fallen on him.
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He is in the water,
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but we don't have any swift water or water access problems.
04:02
This is going to be just trying to remove the boulder off of his body.
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Time one copy. Brian, go ahead and set up command and we'll let Pee take pictures before we start to remove that rock.
04:18
Copy that. Dispatch engine 13 will be command.
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The engine 13 command.
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19 rescue 17 responding with engine 13 at I-25 in Nevada on command 4.
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Hey, Mark 20 on scene.
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Pushing for two more.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Command 4: Incident command radio channel 4
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Location mentioned:
Near N Nevada Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80903
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