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Head-on crash near Highway 79 and 42Rusk County TX

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US-79 & TX-42, Texas 75654

As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to a two-vehicle head-on collision near Highways 79 South and 42. Initial reports suggested possible entrapment, but responders later found no one trapped. Fire and EMS units provided assistance and managed traffic at the scene.

Audio|Heard on: Rusk County Public Safety
Listen to dispatch call
03:20
Transcript:
00:00
West County, any BPS? I have a head-on collision.
00:02
It's two-vehicle crash at Highway 79 South, Highway 42.
00:12
That was the one.
00:17
Thousand Three en route.
00:22
Thousand Three.
00:33
Carlisle Fire, need you to be en route to a two-vehicle crash.
00:36
Two-vehicle crash, Highway 79 South and Highway 42.
00:39
They're right in front of the T post.
00:41
79 South and Highway 42, believe it could be a head-on.
00:45
EMS is en route.
00:52
455 is on scene.
00:54
Stand by for a size up.
01:05
So forty-seven, they're out.
01:18
We're out of county 911 call all their size and there will be entrapment again.
01:22
There will be entrapments.
01:26
Received. All Carlisle units, step it up.
01:29
I need traffic control.
01:35
171.
01:39
And Andrews.
01:43
10-4[1].
01:50
Carlisle Rescue 1 en route.
01:57
Four hundred and eighteen, four hundred and fifty-five.
02:01
Four hundred and fifty-five, go ahead.
02:04
I am going to get you in.
02:06
You got a good idea? We are going to need traffic control big time.
02:10
We're right in the center of forty-two and seventy-nine.
02:18
Which side do we get now?
02:26
Call out for the thirty-five.
02:27
We've got a station crew.
02:33
That's county car law on scene.
02:35
Be advised, the person in the black Hyundai is going to be the trapped driver.
02:40
Black Hyundai.
02:44
Right now I am here.
02:46
I am at one vehicle.
02:47
If you should go check another vehicle, the Hyundai, there is no one trapped.
02:57
Okay, that's good news.
02:58
The passerby didn't know what they were talking about then.
03:00
Thank you.
03:04
One hundred and fifty-five foot.
03:10
Do you want us to come direct or stop by and get an apparatus?
03:16
Yes, I need apparatuses.
03:19
Ten four.
Police codes explained
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment / Message received

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US-79 & TX-42, Texas 75654
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