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Driver hits gas line in Altoona crash, Altoona PA

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20th Ave & 18th St, Altoona, PA 16601

According to the dispatch call, a driver backed into a gas line during a vehicle collision near Eighteenth Street Alley and Twentieth Avenue in Altoona. The incident caused a gas leak. The driver was limping but refused medical help.

Audio|Heard on: Blair County EMS, Fire, Police, Hazmat and Helos
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02:21
Transcript:
00:00
Eighteenth Street Alley, Twentieth Avenue, Altoona City.
00:04
Three ten one for a motor vehicle collision.
00:08
One eleven.
00:16
Three eleven responding at eleven fifty.
00:19
Eighteenth Street Alley, Twentieth Avenue.
00:21
That's the alley between Eighteenth Street and Nineteenth Street.
00:24
Motor vehicle collision.
00:26
Vehicle backed into a gas line.
00:29
Driver is injured.
00:30
Gas is leaking.
00:45
In place of four thirty, Eighteenth Street Alley, Twentieth Avenue, Altoona City.
00:51
Motor vehicle accident.
00:54
Eleven fifty-one.
01:10
Eighty-two now.
01:16
Two at eleven fifty-two.
01:18
Eighteenth Street Alley, Twentieth Avenue.
01:21
The alley between Eighteenth Street and Nineteenth Street.
01:26
Male driver is out of the vehicle currently limping.
01:35
Four thirty-four, eleven fifty-two.
01:46
Three eleven.
01:49
Three eleven.
01:53
Hey med.
01:55
Another one seen.
01:57
And if you can get people here.
02:00
There's no active gas flowing.
02:02
They just hit the meter and busted the glass out.
02:06
I just want them to take a look at it.
02:10
That's received.
02:16
Eighty-two.
02:18
Go ahead and cancel.
02:20
The driver is declining.

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20th Ave & 18th St, Altoona, PA 16601

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