Man in blue-cab semi suffers heart attack at rest area

Heard on: Wright County IA Regional Interop

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

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Kossuth, can you trip out

00:02

Grinnell ambulance to the eastbound rest area?

00:07

There'll be a male in a blue semi, a semi with a blue cab.

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He's having a heart attack.

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Copy, we're again on page eight nine, rest area.

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County from Poweshiek, call over to Jasper.

00:23

Go ahead for your update.

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Jasper County from Poweshiek County on R one, call over to Jasper.

00:32

Poweshiek County, go ahead.

00:34

Have a deputy, he's not too far away, he's also going to head that way.

00:37

Copy, we have a couple deputies heading that way too.

00:43

How are you doing from Jasper?

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Is it a semi with a blue cab? We believe he's parked in the lower level where the semis are, and we've asked him to put his hazards on,

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but we're not having very good contact with him.

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I don't know if he's gone unconscious or if he's just struggling,

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but we've lost voice contact with him.

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Copy. We're copying all your contact with your deputies.

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Copy.

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Jasper 343, EMS is en route.

2026-10-26 06:37 UTC

Medical Emergency

I-80, Grinnell, IA 50112

Man in blue-cab semi suffers heart attack at rest area

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Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, dispatchers reported a possible heart attack involving a man in a blue-cab semi at the eastbound rest area near Grinnell. The driver was reportedly parked in the lower semi area, and deputies and EMS were sent to check on him after contact became poor and he may have become unconscious.

Man in blue-cab semi suffers heart attack at rest area

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