False Apple crash alert near Meridian Road

Heard on: Allegheny County North Police CH-2

01:12

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

00:00

Received. I have a Apple crash notification.

00:04

(number withheld) Meridian Road.

00:06

There was no contact made.

00:07

Unknown if there is a crash there or not.

00:10

Copy. I'll check it out.

00:14

Received.

00:20

35 from 42, I'll let you know if I'm here.

00:26

Copy. 2235 County, do we have any others?

00:33

Affirmative.

00:34

I have hazardous road conditions (number withheld) Emmett Road for trees down on the wires.

00:42

Got it.

00:46

Correction, that's going to be no wires involved.

00:50

Got it.

00:57

County 2250.

01:02

2250.

01:04

Richland fireman here confirmed that that phone crash notification was his phone.

01:09

He was on the bumper of the fire truck.

01:11

You can clear that out.

8/22/2026 03:41 PM

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Meridian Rd, Gibsonia, PA 15044

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As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency units responded to an apparent phone crash notification near Meridian Road. A firefighter later confirmed the alert was accidentally triggered by his own phone while he was on a fire truck, and the incident was cleared as a false alarm. A separate call mentioned trees down creating hazardous road conditions on Emmett Road, reportedly without wires involved.