Police check iPhone crash alert near I-95 ramps

Heard on: Old Saybrook Public Safety

01:31

This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

00:00

911 welfare check area of Middlesex Turnpike and Boston Post Road.

00:04

It's going to be near the 95 on-ramps by the auto mall.

00:09

Over.

00:11

Roger.

00:14

Unit is an automatic crash notification from an iPhone.

00:18

Can hear traffic passing in the background.

00:20

Possibly a phone was left on the roof of a vehicle.

00:23

Tried to call back, no answer.

00:27

Roger.

00:31

13, I'll take that for him.

00:36

Roger.

00:42

Paying if it might be on the northbound or southbound side of 154.

00:50

The ping has quite a big radius.

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The closest thing I can tell, the 95 off ramp for 154 south, and the bridge is going to be in between that.

01:15

And 13 , they sent you a text with the location.

01:18

It's still just sitting there, so most likely just a phone left on the roof.

01:30

Seen in the area.

2026-09-13 14:25 UTC

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Boston Post Rd, Old Saybrook, CT

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, officers were sent to check on a possible welfare issue near Boston Post Road and the I-95 on-ramps by the auto mall area after an automatic crash notification from an iPhone. Traffic was heard in the background, and the phone may have been left on the roof of a vehicle. The location ping was broad, around the Route 154 south off-ramp and nearby bridge area.