Helicopter responds to traffic accident on Highway 171, Hill County TX


An air medical helicopter is responding to a traffic accident on Highway 171. The helicopter crew is coordinating with ground units to find a safe landing zone near the accident site south of the crash. There are no obstacles reported in the landing area, and the crew is preparing to land safely.
Audio|Source: Hill County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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1425 is an air medical that's coming into the wreck on 171.
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1425, this is Carepoint 6. We're coming up overhead looking for healthy information.
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Chris Lee, sir. When you get on the scene,
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Baker's Surpical approach.
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We would send you behind the battalion,
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Tahoe, and the deputy tower. We would send you on 171,
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clear from the accident scene.
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You have...
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You have a clear landing.
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Receive no obstacles or obstructions and we're going to land north of the scene. Can you confirm that?
00:43
I believe you're going to be south of the scene.
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Steve, we're going to land south of the accident scene.
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We're about three minutes out. Let us know if we'll receive overfly you or anything.
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Chris Leefer, I'll keep an eye for you.
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Looks like you will have a clean LZ to land in.
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Don't think you'll have you surely looking for you. You'll have five-wire fences on each side of the road, which will be out of your landing zone.
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State Hwy 171, Texas
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