Multiple vehicle crashes shut down Lower Big Sandy Rd, Benton County TN


The audio records communication between emergency responders about multiple vehicle crashes on Lower Big Sandy Road in Tennessee. They discuss shutting down the road completely, rerouting traffic, calling for additional emergency units, and managing the scene of several wrecks involving several vehicles.
Audio|Source: Benton County Sheriff and Camden Police
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Transcript:
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All right, let's go ahead and hold them up, get the other lane going.
00:03
Get four of those on the side road, go ahead, get them and then we'll get this other lane going.
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104 County, we have a secondary reg from this one.
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104104. I'm on the phone also.
00:15
Is it going to be a minivan?
00:16
County, it looks like it's going to be really bad.
00:18
16, you need more people.
00:19
Yeah, I'm on the way down there.
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103 to 116.
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116, go ahead.
00:23
Do you need more assistance down there? I just had another rig down the road, secondary call about this first one.
00:31
In full.
00:32
102 County, I'm in route.
00:33
104-12. 1-15, same traffic.
00:37
1-18, if one of those ambulances is...
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104-115.
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104-7.
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County, it's going to be another three vehicles.
00:43
104. 104. 104.
00:44
County, do you all need rescue and fire back in route?
00:48
1050 County.
00:49
104. EMS[3] has been updated also.
00:51
104 will you let P.DOT know that we've got the road shut completely down?
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104. 104.
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104 to 114.11 if you just want to direct traffic through Vichang.
01:01
County to county units.
01:02
The sheriff is asking if y'all need another unit.
01:05
I think we're all right right now, county.
01:07
Here, we've got one, two, three right now.
01:11
Speed four, one, one, four gets on scene.
01:13
They want to come out, we've got two wrecks.
01:15
Okay, careful.
01:17
115 to 116, myself, a 102 route 2, we're almost there.
01:21
116, if we can get traffic diverted to Big Sandy and have them turn left onto Clement, they can come out big way past the wreck.
01:28
We're rerouting Giggle down Clements to come out Big Sandy.
01:31
Can't forth.
01:32
Sounds good. 102 to 116, which fighter are you going to need me at 115 on?
01:36
I would say go up to the north end of this, being taters on this end.
01:42
Yeah, boy. 118 to 116.
01:43
We've got two cars down here that are not going to be involved.
01:47
We're going to have them come through.
01:48
Step 4, set them on up.
01:51
Guys, everybody hold all traffic.
01:53
We've got emergency personnel coming in.
01:54
One-on-two county, myself, 115, lead 1097[2], 641 North, Lower Big Sandy.
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104-110, show you on 97, highway 641 North and Lower Big Sandy.
02:03
116, if you'll just let us know and we can send them.
02:10
Yeah, 10-4[1], just hang on just a minute.
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10-4[1]. As soon as those two deck, you get on seeing down there, you can send them this way.
02:17
One okay, you can send yours.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-4: Acknowledgement/Message Received
[2]
1097: Arrived at Scene
[3]
EMS: Emergency Medical Services
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Location mentioned:
Lower Big Sandy Rd & Hwy 641 N, Tennessee 38320
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