Vehicle hits guardrail near Shanklin Road, Belton TX
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As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to a single-vehicle accident involving a car that struck a guardrail near Shanklin Road along the southbound frontage road of Interstate 35 in Belton. A seventy-eight-year-old male driver was awake and breathing with injuries. Airbags were deployed, and no leaks or smoke were reported. Officers were on scene, and a medic unit with a fourteen-minute estimated arrival time was dispatched.
Audio|Heard on: Bell TX Fire Dispatch Group Calls
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Transcript:
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Belton Engine One and Belton Quint Two being routed to South Interstate 35 and Shanklin Road.
00:06
You're responding for a traffic accident southbound on the frontage road near the curve to Shanklin Road.
00:13
There is a vehicle versus guardrail with a seventy-eight year old male who is awake and breathing with injuries.
00:19
Airbags deployed.
00:21
No leaking or smoking.
00:27
We do have officers on scene.
00:28
Scene, we don't have any EMS available.
00:31
We'll get somebody en route to you, Center Clear.
00:34
Engine 1, Quint 1.
00:36
Your medic is going to be Temple Medic 14 with a 14-minute ETA.
00:43
Belton Engine One, Center.
00:45
Go ahead. Go ahead, Fountain.
00:47
Is this accident going to be on the bridge that goes over 35 or not?
00:54
The actual highway proper?
00:56
Because it's on the service road on the curve before Shanklin.
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Location mentioned:
Shanklin Rd, Belton, TX 76513
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