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Multi-vehicle crash blocks bridge tunnel

Heard on: Newport News Fire
03:54
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Engine one, engine two, and medic one respond to motor vehicle collision.
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Monitor Merrimac Memorial Bridge Tunnel, Newport News, VA
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Fire and medical crews are dispatched to a motor vehicle collision in the Monitor Merrimac Memorial Bridge Tunnel. Multiple engines and medic units respond and are directed to stage on the island and at different tunnel approaches. The collision blocks the entire tunnel. During the same radio traffic, another call is dispatched for a person with chest pain and breathing difficulty at a residence near Regency Square with cross streets at Jefferson Avenue and a dead end. Units coordinate routes, staging locations, and availability while command manages both incidents.

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