White pickup truck disabled causing traffic jam near Bigelow Boulevard, Pittsburgh PA
TrafficA white pickup truck was disabled near Bigelow Boulevard and the I-579 northbound ramp, causing a traffic jam for about 20 minutes. Initially, there was concern about a medical emergency, but responders confirmed the driver was okay. Efforts are ongoing to clear the vehicle to ease traffic.
Audio|Source: Pittsburgh Fire Dispatch - Channel 1
05:23
Transcript:
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Tension 4-1-1 Bigelow Boulevard at the 579 northbound ramp.
00:04
Complain reporting that there's a vehicle that's been stuck here for 20 minutes.
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That's a white pickup truck missing the back.
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Unsure if there's a medical emergency going on.
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There's four engines, a 2-1, Bigelow Boulevard at the 579 northbound ramp for a truck that's been stuck at the intersection for 20 minutes.
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White pickup missing the back.
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Caller unsure if there's a medical emergency. There is a medical emergency.
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Four engines coming on the ES1 at 1757.
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This match, 29 engine.
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29 again.
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We walked the whole building with the gas meter, no ill effects, no hazards.
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We're back in service.
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No.
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Until a call base, 29.
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There we have any 29th back, sir, 1750.
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This badge, four engine.
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Four inch good.
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You can show us in service if you haven't already, can you start to police that way as well?
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Four and then, copy.
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They haven't already.
01:20
Attention, three-engine.
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I'll be on a fill for four engines, a two-four, Duquesne-Leberman Hall, 6th Avenue,
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6th Avenue,
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or Diamond Street.
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For a single vehicle accident into a fire hydrant, airbags deployed,
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and a three-engineer, and a fill for four-enanceants on 24, Duques, Lieberman Hall, 600, 5th Avenue,
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off a 6th or Diamond.
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On 5th, Under Liberty, Blighton says it's a one vehicle accident into a fire hydrant airbags deployed under an injuries.
01:55
3-hent. MS-1-18-0-1.
02:06
Tenton, 10 engine, first spots on 25, 2,711 Webster Avenue off of Francis Street or Morgan Street.
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Ten engine stays in the area for a mail that was stabbed and insulted.
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It's 10 inches on 25, 2711 Webster Avenue, it's off of Francis or Morgan.
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Stained in the area for a mail that was stabbed and assaulted.
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I don't know where the actor is.
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engine flying us 1 at 1802.
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Dispatch truck 4.
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We'll take that call for engine 3.
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We'll call more than you.
02:41
We'll call one over you.
02:45
That's received.
02:47
Three engine you stand down, four trucks going to take the run.
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dispatch from BC2.
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Do you have a police unit responded with an engine?
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The tie it two has a firm of the police have it.
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Copy now, thank you.
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300 seats to this car, I disregard thanks for truck.
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Dispatch for is now I'm seeing investigating.
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Codd 4, it's not seen investigating.
03:34
I'll see an engine area.
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Tadenton, do you copy the station area?
03:48
I'll probably copy that.
03:50
I'll receive.
03:56
I guess that's 10-inch and if you saw fire 1, you continue in a police on scene, one mailed down, not breathing.
04:08
10 copies. We're going to read it in there.
04:18
This section 7.8 goes in here, please.
04:23
7 in here, 8-05.
04:34
106 engine first forms up 33 Thunderbird Cafe 4053 Butler Street off a Fisk or 41st Street.
04:42
30 female had a seizure.
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She's conscious breathing at a 6 engine's 033 Thunderbird Cafe 4053 Butler Street off a Fisk or 41st.
04:55
For 30 female had a seizure.
04:58
Six engine come in on the MS1 and at 1806.
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Dispatch from four engines.
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Four engine go.
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Yeah,
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there's no medical emergency here.
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This vehicle is disabled.
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Driver's already on the phone with McGahnichester's.
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Keep please coming.
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We have a major traffic gridlock up here.
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We're going to see what we can do to get him out of the way in the meantime.
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Near Bigelow Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
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