Tractor-trailer crashes and traps driver on Monacan Trail Rd, Covesville VA
A tractor-trailer crashed into a tree on Monacan Trail Road, causing the vehicle to smoke and multiple trees to fall across the roadway. The driver was heavily trapped inside the crushed cab and responders were attempting to rescue them. The crash blocked the entire road and traffic was backed up. Emergency teams were working to clear one lane for access and requested a heavy wrecker for the situation.
Audio|Source: Albemarle County Fire and Rescue
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Transcript:
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The Titan, 202, Chief 31, 23, Engine 151, and Jim 15,
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and Squad 11, she was responding for a motor vehicle crash.
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ALS[1] was entrapment in the area near Monacan Trail Road southbound side.
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In that block range,
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I'm calling there's a tractor-trailer into a tree, tree is down in the roadway vehicle smoking.
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Callers advising they can hear someone in the vehicle breathing someone's entrapped.
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The tree is blocking the entire roadway. On location,
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multiple trees down across the road, traffic's backed up. It's like heavy entrapment up into the trees, right-hand bank,
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expedite all resources.
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2.33 , multiple trees down across the roadway, heavy entrapment and the trees on the right-hand bank,
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traffic's backed up.
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Allocate all resources at 14.
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Delta 38 to my chair.
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23 and round you switch order to fire back then.
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Answer. Chief 30, Chief 33. Do you want the tanker up there with the other equipment coming just leave the tanker in the station?
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Yeah, leave the tanker in the station. We're trying to get one lane open so we can clear it to get resources through on one part.
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Currently, we've got heavy entrapment this time.
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ECCC show.
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G30, car 30 en route.
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Car 30, we're starting 814.
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233 ECC. We've got one lane open at this time trying to get traffic through.
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PD, you know, location, block for apparatus.
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Checking up patient now.
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Underfoot 233, one lane open,
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have PD block for apparatus.
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Looks like PD has got a 12-minute EC at this point. She went into response 31.
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830, ECC, based on his traffic, go ahead and have them respond priority.
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Congress, 30, 18.
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26 is at the dental clinic? What's right, 26, 816.
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G 32 to 816.
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G 32 to G33.
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Go ahead.
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Mr. Lane, if you got open.
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High-speed lanes open.
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Break,
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we got fuel.
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T-331 is on the location.
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231 on 2817.
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32 copies. We'll have a line down.
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Did Monacan Trail Road?
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Go ahead. E.C. Sir.
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P.D. is responding priority as there. Suppression of one patient you'd like them to begin blocking.
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I'll go with units further back, probably somewhere near Farber Road,
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Spring.
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Yeah,
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see.
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Great, patient heavily entrapped,
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caught up by seatbelt, cab crushed around him,
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trying to make access to the,
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spill side of the trailer.
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Monitoring patient, minimizing patient heavily entrapped, cab is crushed around them. They're attempting to make access on the south side of the trailer.
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818.
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C33, the time, 202.
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Go ahead, Chief.
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Good job, medic 401 transporting to mineral health rehab.
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Do you need a heavy wrecker just past your location?
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4-1-085.
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Affirmative, Stoney Creek if they're available,
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they're going to get a record,
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rollback, probably a tractor as well.
Police codes explained
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[1]
ALS: Advanced Life Support level emergency medical care provided by specially trained personnel.
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Location mentioned:
Near Monacan Trail Rd, Covesville, VA 22931
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