Vehicle crashes onto railroad tracks in Sweetwater, Sweetwater TX
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TrafficAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency personnel responded to a vehicle that had crashed onto railroad tracks near East Broadway Avenue in Sweetwater, Texas. Officers coordinated to stop train traffic with Union Pacific while extricating the driver. The vehicle was reported unstable but not at risk of fire, and responders worked under the Broadway overpass to free the occupant.
Audio|Heard on: Sweetwater Police Dispatch Digital
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01:59
Transcript:
00:00
Four hundred and fifty-three PD, can you check my location on CAD and see how I am? How close I am to pinging spec.
00:06
I'm right there.
00:08
Hey, bye.
00:09
Heading to near East Broadway Avenue again.
00:14
Three thousand East Broadway Avenue.
00:16
Be advised, I'm getting this location from Rapid SOS.
00:19
Four hundred and sixty, is that you come back this way?
00:21
To come back this way, I think I've located it on the railroad tracks.
00:26
Four hundred and sixty PD, go ahead and advise railroads they need to stop traffic.
00:31
Six hundred and one four sixty, I can break away if need be.
00:34
If you are not in the transport, go ahead.
00:36
I'll advise the hospital.
00:38
Make sure the train's shut down.
00:41
There is train.
00:43
He's on the track.
00:44
Proceed.
00:45
Can you verify which track he's on?
00:49
North track.
00:50
We're going to need an extrication.
00:52
Start fire department.
00:54
Received.
00:55
Just wondering what's their location.
00:57
Be advised they're going to be located on the railroad tracks, still lost location is going to be near East Broadway Avenue.
01:05
Clear and en route.
01:06
Four hundred tour.
01:08
If you haven't already, we need to contact Union Pacific, get train traffic stopped.
01:13
Keep working so now.
01:15
So I'm well past the thirteen hundred block.
01:18
Do we have a unit on scene already?
01:20
Sixty to four hundred, we got the vehicle.
01:23
It's crashed on the train tracks.
01:24
We're getting the driver out now.
01:26
We are down US Gypsum Road.
01:28
That's going to be well past East Broadway.
01:32
Four fifty-three PD, we're extricating him now.
01:34
We got his seatbelt cut.
01:35
He's crawling out the back window.
01:38
Car's not quite stable, but it's not in danger of catching on fire.
01:42
We're almost directly under the Broadway overpass.
01:44
Tell units to go down the USG road, they'll see our units.
01:50
Four fifty-three, water on scene.
01:52
Received.
01:53
We're going to need this car stabilized.
01:55
Four sixty, be advised, Union Pacific was notified and all traffic is stopped at this time.
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Location mentioned:
E Broadway Ave, Sweetwater, TX 79556
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