Truck crashes into utility pole after driver has seizure, Rome GA
TrafficA white truck crashed into a utility pole near North Avery Road when the female driver had a seizure while driving. The collision caused the guide wire and top of the pole to break, with some wires down but power lines still connected. The driver was trapped in the vehicle but later rescued and complained of nausea. Georgia Power was notified about the damage.
Audio|Source: Floyd County Police, Fire and EMS
04:7
Transcript:
00:00
It's going to be in front of near North Avery Road, near North Avery Road. All was saving while driving. Still getting further.
00:10
Stand forward. Do we know the extent of the injuries?
00:14
There may be power lines now. We're still got any further.
00:19
Stand for.
00:21
Don't run code. Fire will beat you there by a lot.
00:25
Set none.
00:33
Fire Department won't meet you there by a good margin.
00:39
I'm still out here on Dublin trying to get through this dirt.
00:48
26, 35s and the lines are still on the vehicle, female is still in the vehicle.
00:55
Ten-four.
01:00
Any there, y'all ten-four?
01:03
Yes, ma'am. Will be ten-day.
01:06
Ten. Ten.
01:12
Engines in route.
01:17
Four thousand there.
01:23
Thank you. Dispatch, there, Matt Tisha, you're responding to North Avey Road in front of the address of (number withheld). It's going to be a white truck versus a poll. There are lines down. If you have higher and law enforcement responding with you, believe the driver possibly had a seizure,
01:37
does have a history of seizures, nothing further at this time.
01:45
North Avery Road. It's going to be in the area of near North Avery off of Alabama Highway.
01:51
I have a 1050,
01:54
caller advising someone's having a seizure while driving. It's going to be a white truck.
01:59
There's also possibly Lyme's on my car. I still don't further.
02:05
Angel 7.
02:11
This match, Med 2. Be advised that it was the guide wire on the pole that's broken. The power lines are still connected.
02:17
Patients no longer season.
02:21
Two.
02:26
Go ahead.
02:28
Out of Floyd.
02:29
0.5.
02:32
10.4.
02:35
The patient is no longer seizing.
02:40
Engine 7.
02:44
Squaw, color.
02:49
2537, black truck.
02:52
2.2 and 37, there's no lines on the truck.
03:08
Hotlines are still connected to the pole,
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the dial wires is what's broken,
03:13
the top of the pole is broken.
03:19
Danforth.
03:24
Battalion 1, Georgia Power has been advised.
03:28
10-4[1], thank you.
03:37
The patient has been removed from the vehicle complaining of being nauseous.
03:43
Suezer.
03:47
We'll also be removed from the line area.
03:50
Two, please.
04:03
or accident at this location.
04:07
Okay.
Police codes explained
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[1]
10-4: Affirmative (Acknowledgment/Message received)
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Location mentioned:
Near N Avery Rd NW, Rome, GA 30165
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