Bus operator falls ill from unknown odor, Minneapolis MN
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, a bus operator on a C Line bus in Minneapolis reported feeling extremely nauseous and ill from an unknown odor or substance inside the vehicle near 7th Street and Olson Memorial Highway. The operator opened windows to air out the cabin and was instructed to return the bus to the garage for inspection.
Audio|Heard on: Hennepin MN Transportation Group Calls
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03:4
Transcript:
00:00
Five hundred and 32, you have some relief me off of this C Line bus at 7th Street and Olson Memorial Highway.
00:05
Something on this bus just hitting me and making me extremely nauseous.
00:10
Okay, do you need to come off the line or do you need me to send you medics at all?
00:16
No, I'll push it.
00:17
I've got the windows open.
00:18
I am airing out the whole front cabin where I am sitting, so I've got everything.
00:22
Everything all good, but I made (number withheld).
00:24
She went 7th at all.
00:26
Yeah.
00:28
Let me see if they have an operator that can do that because just think I am just going to have to have you calling is this.
00:34
You said something inside the bus is making you ill? Yeah, I don't know.
00:37
I got on it and I've had a trash bag with me ever since.
00:41
Just heaving and puking the entire time.
00:45
I don't know what it is.
00:46
I don't know what's getting to me.
00:48
It's just something that makes me extremely sick.
00:51
My gosh, it's giving me cold sweats here.
00:54
Okay, are you sure you don't need me to send you medics?
00:56
Yeah, I'll be fine.
00:57
I can make it up to there.
00:59
All right, let me call dispatch and make sure they have an operator.
01:01
If they don't have one, then I'm just going to have you pull in there.
01:04
So let me back okay.
01:05
Actually, if something inside this bus is making you ill, I'm going to have you pull in if he can make it safely there.
01:12
We're not going to make run this trip.
01:15
10-4, I could do that.
01:16
I could just pull straight into the garage and look for you.
01:19
Once you get in the shop, although you're coming in and then right up whatever, say you'll be right off the bus.
01:25
If he can help me out with that, if there's something inside of the bus, he can yell okay.
01:30
And this is as soon as you boarded the bus that you noticed this issue?
01:34
Yeah, I missed it right when I got on the bus and I had a bag.
01:38
I've got a bag tied to the steering wheel right now, a garbage bag that I have been keeping it to.
01:44
I don't know that Brooklyn Center Transit Center, left the bus.
01:48
Tried to feel better, got back on the bus and it's just been ever since I felt nauseous.
01:54
Like I said, I've got colds like not feeling good anymore.
02:00
Yeah, please see dispatch too.
02:01
Do you want me to just have a supervisor drive you back there so you don't have to be in the bus? No, like I said, I've got these windows open and the door is open right now.
02:09
I'll make sure it's back to the garage.
02:13
Okay, parking.
02:14
My copy. Parking the shop.
02:16
Dispatch knows that. Let dispatch know.
02:19
They'll check in with you, but checking with dispatch real quick.
02:23
Hope you feel better.
02:24
Seventy-two star.
02:25
Four, thank you.
02:28
Seventy two.
02:29
Eight (number withheld).
02:31
Hey seventy-two here.
02:32
See the shop is requesting if you could park this bus in (number withheld).
02:38
Dog four, ten four.
02:40
About to pull out of here right now and head to the garage.
02:43
Thank you.
02:44
Something changed.
02:45
Just where you feel like you're not safe to drive the bus or we have to do something differently, just pull over.
02:49
Let me know right away.
02:50
Okay? 10-4, I'll be able to make it.
02:52
I'm turning all the heat off and opening the window and everything so we get back put up right now.
02:59
(number withheld) clear. All right, so can you please wrap the bus? Just made contact with dispatcher.
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Location mentioned:
N 7th St & Olson Mem Hwy, Minneapolis, MN 55441
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