Cell phone crash alert on Route 1 bypass in Belfast

Heard on: Penobscot, Waldo, Knox County Public Safety

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

00:00

This is Belfast Fire, Belfast EMS.

00:02

We have an automatic crash notification from a cell phone.

00:05

Route 1 bypass.

00:08

It's going to be just north of the intersection of Congress Street and Lower Congress Street.

00:13

Can hear traffic going by in the background.

00:16

No contact with the subscriber.

00:18

Time is 1431.

00:21

205, copy.

00:24

Two four two.

00:31

Rescue 2 en route.

00:35

Rescue two.

00:41

I'll be out in the area.

00:45

10-4, 10-4.

00:52

Belfast Rescue 3 to Waldo, show us to clear the hospital en route to the accident.

00:59

10-4, Rescue.

01:05

Well, did you say just north of the intersection?

01:09

10-4.

01:12

10-4.

01:18

First, I can tell it's going to be the northbound lane.

01:23

Ten four.

01:35

We'll be clear, phone in the roadway.

2026-09-12 11:29 UTC

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Lower Congress St & Congress St, Belfast, ME 04915

Cell phone crash alert on Route 1 bypass in Belfast

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Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to an automatic crash notification from a cell phone on Route 1 bypass just north of Congress Street and Lower Congress Street in Belfast. Responders reported only a phone found in the roadway, with no confirmed vehicle crash.

Cell phone crash alert on Route 1 bypass in Belfast

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