Traffic crash closes eastbound Highway 4 in Antioch, Antioch CA
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TrafficAccording to the dispatch call, fire and medical crews responded to a traffic incident on eastbound Highway 4 near Somersville Road in Antioch. A male patient reported leg pain. The freeway was temporarily closed while Antioch Police and fire units coordinated access to reach the patient. Some responding units were canceled after the situation was under control.
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03:8
Transcript:
00:00
Truck 54, engine 83, medic 58, code two.
00:03
Eastbound 4 at Somersville, eastbound 4 at Somersville.
00:06
Code two for a male with leg pain.
00:10
Code fire battalion 8.
00:13
Battalion 8, I was just going to say, do you guys have the freeway stopped?
00:18
That's affirmative.
00:19
Do you know what the nature of that incident is?
00:24
Yes.
00:26
That was Antioch PD.
00:28
They just said it was just west of Somersville.
00:32
Copy, we have the freeway stopped and I do have Engine 85 at the scene.
00:36
They might be quicker to respond.
00:38
Truck 84 is going to get stuck in the traffic.
00:40
I'll have 85 respond back to the incident.
00:43
If you could have RP at least let us know where they're at.
00:48
Battalion 8, Com Fire.
00:51
It's a code 2 medical.
00:53
If you guys have the freeway stopped and there's no need for blocking engines, I'm just going to continue AMR cancel fire altogether.
01:02
Yeah, that's affirmative.
01:04
We can go ahead and do that.
01:05
They'll have a hard time getting through traffic though.
01:07
I'm going to send 85 down there anyway.
01:09
At least they can start walking it.
01:13
Comper copies. We'll show 85 responding with medic 54.
01:17
Truck 84, engine 83, you can cancel.
01:23
Con fire medic 54.
01:25
Medic 54, Comper.
01:28
54, just to confirm,
01:31
Freeway traffic is still shut down.
01:32
We're going to be okay to head into the freeway on the eastbound off ramp at Somersville to make patient contact?
01:41
Stand by. I'm currently online with Antioch PD.
01:43
I'm trying to get best access for you.
01:47
54, copy.
01:49
Engine 83, confirm you copy, cancel.
01:53
Confire engine 83, can you repeat traffic?
01:57
83, just confirming how you can cancel.
02:02
83 copies, show us in quarters.
02:05
Copy.
02:08
Small fire, engine 85.
02:10
We're going to walk in from CHP's blocking. At your convenience, can you give us a vehicle description and approximate location?
02:19
Copy. Just got off line with PD.
02:22
Their dispatch said possibly Loveridge would be the best access.
02:27
She was trying to get further.
02:31
Hunt fire engine 85, we've located patient.
02:36
They're approximately at engine 85's best location on the map.
02:41
Hunt fire copies at 85's location.
02:44
Can you give best access for medic 54?
02:49
Con fire engine 85, best access will be to oppose traffic at the Somersville off ramp and backtrack from that off ramp.
03:01
Medic 54, con fire, you copy?
03:05
Con fire medic 54, we copy engine 85's traffic.
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Location mentioned:
Somersville Rd, Antioch, CA
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