Serious traffic accident causes limb amputation on I-87, Carroll County VA
Emergency responders are treating and transporting a conscious patient who has a confirmed limb amputation due to a serious traffic accident on Interstate 87 near Exit 14 in Carroll County, Virginia. A medical helicopter is en route to assist at the scene.
Audio|Source: Carroll County Public Safety and Galax City Fire / EMS
03:9
Transcript:
00:00
Patient, we are loading in the process.
00:05
We do have conscious patients with confirmed amputation, loads extremity.
00:11
Command.
00:13
Copy.
00:18
77 Command, attack 3.
00:24
777 Command, attack 3.
00:26
Below us, 14, get LD established.
00:38
Tax 3 comes southbound, northbound lane, NFLZ[1] below Edge 221.
00:45
Drop you there.
00:47
1,2006 on be turning the same command over to Hillsville Unit 2.
00:57
Command over Hillsville Unit 2.
01:01
Please have you, sir, 14, 14.
01:04
Tom, attack three is on scene.
01:09
1040.
01:10
All right.
01:17
1.13 and 1038, Virginia.
01:24
Tom, Mike Young, (number withheld), Blue Kia.
01:30
We're at the 18.1 South.
01:48
Pellion 2. We do to respond to the soon office.
01:55
Propostal guardian, seek call clear, 1418.
02:13
LZ[1] command, this air care two, how do you copy?
02:21
Air Care 2, go ahead.
02:26
LZ[1] command, this AirCare 2, we are currently showing 10 minutes out from the scene if you don't care to give us a brief LZ description please.
02:37
Two, you'll be landing in the northbound I's 87 lane.
02:42
You'll be north of the incident.
02:46
We'll have a fire truck below exit 14.
02:50
Just land between the incident and the loaded fire truck to northbound side.
02:57
There are any surrounding power lines?
03:04
Negative, no power lines, you do have a tree line, both sides intersect.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
LZ: Landing Zone (helicopter landing area)
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Carroll County, VA
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