Traffic accident on I-78 with reported head injury, Northampton County PA
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TrafficAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency personnel responded to a traffic accident on Interstate 78 northbound near mile marker 59. The incident involved a Chevy Traverse that struck a guardrail, with at least one person sustaining a head injury. EMS was requested, and maintenance crews were on scene securing the area.
Audio|Heard on: Northampton PA Law Dispatch Group Calls
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02:30
Transcript:
00:00
Patrols, we have another signal eleven northbound seventy-eight over six.
00:05
Eight 922.
00:06
Eight 922, we have a black Dodge Ram, no injuries.
00:12
It actually should have been disregard.
00:16
He hit the guardrail.
00:18
Do not disregard the eleven.
00:20
Disregard what I was trying to say.
00:23
Received that, copy that.
00:25
Received it.
00:29
One count from operations.
00:30
I have accurate towing going for that one, (number withheld).
00:35
One comma (number withheld), we'll put them in assist around 69 over one.
00:41
Received.
00:42
One pound, (number withheld).
00:45
Go ahead.
00:48
Was it a passerby that called in or was it the person actually in the accident? We're not getting anything up to sixty-nine five.
00:57
This was called in by ops.
01:02
I received.
01:03
I have a south church out here at twenty-two.
01:06
I'll keep searching to sixty-nine or seventy.
01:10
Say, shout out or something.
01:14
Received.
01:16
Welcome on line (number withheld).
01:18
Go ahead.
01:20
Now, show we're securing the vehicle.
01:22
I'll be transporting two passengers to the Wawa on Route 539.
01:28
Risk negative.
01:29
The starting alarm's in there.
01:32
Received, (number withheld).
01:35
One com operation, signal eleven with injuries.
01:39
Go ahead.
01:42
Mile marker fifty-nine northbound, west side.
01:45
Maintenance is out with a signal eleven with a Chevy Traverse.
01:48
I have South Shore and Route (number withheld).
01:50
They're reporting a head injury.
01:52
They're requesting EMS since the driver is alert.
01:55
Received.
01:57
Operations from one com?
02:02
One com for operations.
02:04
For that accident at fifty-nine, was that north or south?
02:09
That's going to be northbound, left with.
02:13
All right, one pound (number withheld).
02:17
Go ahead.
02:20
There is no further calls on eleven at (number withheld).
02:23
I didn't see anything.
02:24
No tire marks off the roadway.
02:26
You can clear it out and I'll be en route to the eleven at 59, one northbound.
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I-78, Pennsylvania
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