False alarm for accident near City Park Ave in New Orleans, New Orleans LA
TrafficEmergency responders were dispatched to a reported accident with injury near I-10 eastbound at City Park Avenue in New Orleans after an iPhone sent a crash detection alert. Multiple units searched the area including Fisherman Boulevard and surrounding streets but found no evidence of an accident. The call was determined to be unfounded, likely triggered by a dropped or damaged cell phone.
Audio|Source: Metro New Orleans Area Fire Departments
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Transcript:
00:00
Yeah, buddy, they said it was a cell phone. I wonder if it's that cell phone that probably hit the ground again.
00:07
Engine 388, squad 379.
00:10
Yeah,
00:11
we back here, we don't, we don't sleep dark.
00:28
Derek, I just passed up Fisherman Boulevard and I don't see nothing either.
00:37
Tension 388, cloud 379. Response to an accident with injury at 101, east side 10, zone 414.
00:44
It's going to be an accident with injury at I-10 eastbound. How long time out, (number withheld)? Respondified round one.
00:51
That's where they advised the iPhone crash detection.
00:56
I know we got a few of them already. It was false calls,
00:59
paying up to be nothing. We'll look to see if we see anything real quick.
01:06
Yeah, see in that area?
01:09
Yeah, I'm just coming up on a City Park Avenue right now, Ted.
01:13
File, can you check the cameras and see if it's before Loyal in the Easton?
01:18
Sorry,
01:20
see we could pass by our Fisherman Boulevard there, but I don't, we don't see anything around here.
01:30
Copy, yeah, I think lots from going back that way towards fishermen.
01:34
Yeah, copy that. I'm going to turn down fishermen and see if we see anything.
01:38
We're going to property over there and see.
01:45
Please, if you could turn around.
01:48
Behind you.
01:53
Come on out.
01:59
Full five five, four hundred.
02:02
Four hundred.
02:09
Yeah, buddy, I don't see nothing. I went all the way to Promotee over there and coming back across. I don't see nothing.
02:16
Yeah, I didn't see anything here that went right past the school.
02:21
See, Keith, unless it's intervie.
02:27
I don't know to tell you, might just be so simple if somebody drop the cell phone.
02:34
Yeah.
02:36
You're gonna call another one.
02:40
Same thing, is that a lot?
02:44
Go on.
02:51
You check the whole area, nothing found.
02:55
They're not going up, unfounded.
02:57
We'll turn off fire department units.
02:59
I have a 400 trillion sum I'm found out.
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City Park Ave, New Orleans, LA
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