Crash with injured driver on Franklin Avenue

Heard on: Carbon County Fire Paging

01:22

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

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Fire District Seven, Palmerton and EMS, we have an ALS here.

00:03

Third, Palmerton and Borough, near intersection of Sixth and Franklin for an MVA with injuries.

00:33

Fire District Seven, Palmerton EMS, we have an ALS.

00:37

You're a 3rd , Palmerton Borough.

00:41

The intersection of Franklin Avenue and Sixth Street.

00:46

For an MVA with injuries.

00:48

Nine 15 .

00:54

Seven hundred.

00:59

You're responding.

01:01

You're responding at 9:16.

01:03

It looks like it's in front of (number withheld) Franklin Avenue near 6th Street.

01:07

A vehicle hit a parked car.

01:10

The driver, a 66-year-old male, he is not completely alert.

01:13

He also hit his head off the windshield, got out of the vehicle and then collapsed.

01:17

But my caller helped him back to sit down.

01:20

He does not seem completely alert.

2026-09-20 13:14 UTC

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Franklin Ave, Palmerton, PA 18071

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

As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to a possible motor vehicle crash with injuries near Franklin Avenue and Sixth Street in Palmerton. A vehicle reportedly struck a parked car, and the 66-year-old male driver hit his head on the windshield, exited the vehicle, collapsed, and was reported to be not completely alert.