Two-vehicle crash on I-55 northbound near Towanda, Towanda IL
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TrafficA traffic accident occurred on I-55 northbound near Towanda involving a Camaro that left the roadway, crossed the median, and collided with another vehicle at high speed. Two vehicles went off the road. One person was trapped and unconscious, and another was conscious with chest pains. Rescue and engine units responded to the scene.
Audio|Heard on: Bloomington and Normal Fire
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Transcript:
00:00
Rescue 12. Rescue 12, 555, northbound the 172.
00:03
I-55 northbound the 172 for an accident, unknown injuries.
00:07
Backcom cleared 23 hours.
00:25
Backtown, Beijing, Tijuana, to fire, Tijuana, to fire.
00:27
Your needs, I 555 northbound to 172.
00:29
I have 55 northbound to 172 for an accident with no injury.
00:33
Backcom, clear, 23 hours.
00:39
My camera, see 12 in row.
00:41
Can you repeat that address or cat's down?
00:46
205 northbound the 172 just north of Towanda had a reporter of Camaro went off the roadway through the median and struck another vehicle very high rate of speed two vehicles off before.
00:58
Mattom, Rushy Toast switching over to county.
01:02
20-3-2.
01:08
Tiny Tenth.
01:09
The tiny, take, go ahead.
01:12
Have you got a response from Tawanda yet?
01:15
No, sir.
01:17
Okay, and this was a head-on collision for you.
01:22
Either head-on or T-bone.
01:25
Go ahead, dispatch an engine with a rescue, please.
01:29
Master Street.
01:34
Engine 12 copies direct.
01:36
Agent 12 copies direct.
01:37
Agent 12, master.
01:43
Metcon, 1,600.
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Go ahead. Good evening.
01:56
Good evening.
01:58
Go ahead and show me the same page and show me around.
02:03
Major Steve, showing around.
02:04
Yeah, one person complaining chest pains.
02:08
One person complaining chest pains.
02:09
One person complaining chest pains.
02:16
Okay, I'm going to ski 13.
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13, go ahead.
02:24
Clear Joe's available.
02:30
For rescue 12.
02:32
You can go for rescue 12.
02:36
Just make sure you copy.
02:37
You're going to have at least one page and your point in chest pains.
02:41
7-4.
02:47
Rescue 12.
02:50
It sounds two to three, we just had digital information.
02:53
Peds not seen, have one patient that's trapped in a vehicle, and unconscious, you're going to have two patients.
03:00
Can you dispatch an engine as well, engine 12?
03:05
We're engine 12.
03:06
We're already around shortly and we'll get a rescue search channel.
03:11
This is Matt, um, one.
03:13
This is the cutter.
03:18
So, two patients, one with the trap and one, conscious.
03:23
Time four, you can show us from now.
03:29
We do add us another email.
03:33
Yes, sir, rescue 12, rescue 13.
03:38
Okay, refugee 12, rescue 13.
03:41
This is this 172, go ahead and give me a Washington heads, please.
03:49
12, rescue, 13, 2nd to 600 has acknowledged.
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Step 4. Yeah,
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it's another. That's what it's all through.
03:58
Yeah, we're.
04:03
I've got Italian 10's responding as well.
04:06
The Italian 10 around, find yourself.
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I-55, Towanda, IL
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