False iPhone crash alert on Midway Road, Yawkey WV
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TrafficAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency responders investigated an iPhone crash detection alert near Midway Road in Yawkey. After searching the area and finding no vehicle crash or injuries, responders determined the alert was false. It was likely triggered when a phone was dropped or left on a moving vehicle.
Audio|Heard on: Lincoln County Public Safety
Listen to dispatch call
05:48
Transcript:
00:00
Have a crash notification via the iPhone.
00:05
It's going to be near Midway Road.
00:08
It looks like just past Duncan Road where it's pinging.
00:11
Can hear an open line, sounds like traffic going by.
00:15
I've tried to call it, can't get an answer.
00:20
Ten four. What were those numerics again?
00:28
Full auto accident through iPhone crash detection, (number withheld).
00:38
Need y'all to head towards Midway Road.
00:42
Have a notification via iPhone of a possible crash detection.
00:51
Ten four. Can you repeat those numerics for me?
00:59
Midway Road, just past Bunkin Road.
01:09
Cherry Mountain 1707, that was a crash detection via iPhone message.
01:15
Supposedly just past Bunkin Road.
01:47
Like I said, it's just past Blunken Road.
01:49
iPhone notification of a crash.
01:53
Not sure two things going on there.
03:09
Ten four, advise I have seen nothing.
03:26
It was an iPhone crash detection.
03:28
It pinged at that location near Midway Road.
03:38
There's a car sitting at the church house here.
03:59
Lincoln, I found the address here, but there's nothing here.
04:10
Ten four, no auto accident involved.
04:47
I think somebody left their cell phone on top of a vehicle and drove off.
04:54
I'd say you're probably right.
05:16
Fire department doesn't seem to be finding anything.
05:41
They can't find anything.
05:45
We believe that they just dropped their phone in the driveway.
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Location mentioned:
Midway Rd, Yawkey, WV 25573
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