Pickup truck crashes near Welcome Center on interstate, Cocke County TN
A pickup truck crashed near the Welcome Center on the interstate in Cocke County, TN. The truck was found facing the wrong way after hitting a barrier. The driver was out of the vehicle, and no entrapment was reported. Units were instructed to access the scene using construction lanes and the Hartford exit.
Audio|Source: Cocke County Sheriff, Fire, and EMS, Newport Police and Fire
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Transcript:
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Central Squad 17 is en route.
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Copy, Squad 17, 1536.
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601, 1703.
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This is 1703.
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Hey, when you get right here to the Welcome Center,
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go behind the barrels and go up the old part of the interstate.
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It's been a standstill.
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Yeah, 10-4 entering behind them.
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Wall now.
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Yeah, I'm stuck in traffic.
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I didn't see it coming.
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Central 530. It'll be 10.7 from Grammar.
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Okay, thank you very. Okay,
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35, I copy.
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Sevens, you copy direct.
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We can't hear you.
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When you get to the Welcome Center, just pass Blusting Curve, go in behind the barrier and go up that way.
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Interstate the sand still.
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Standforth.
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Units coming. You have to get off, take the construction lane behind the barriers.
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There's a lot of dump truck traffic dose to beat off.
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Resist 35. I copy.
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70 on 3.
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We still have a lot of westbound traffic flowing.
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Cameras look like the incident's going to be eastbound. It's got south.
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17's Einstein.
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1539.
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1539.
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1776, Sunnstein.
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Okay.
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Go ahead. Two, go ahead.
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I just got a call from central advising that the traffic is so bad up there. When you all get to the welcome center,
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you'll know need to go behind the barriers.
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In all incoming units, we do not have any entrapment driver. It is out of the vehicle.
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We have one pickup truck facing the wrong way on the east side.
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Looks like he hit the barrier, knocked the barrier loose.
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Chief 17, 17-0-3.
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Almost like.
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15.40.
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On 3, a risky 35.
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Go ahead.
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I'm coming up on the 447. You still need me up here.
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Looks like we got it, okay.
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Reggie Squad and Station 6 you can cancel.
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It's 10-4. I copy. Signal 9.
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601, copy direct.
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Dispatch coffee,
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rescue, rescue and station 6th service, 1641.
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Enson 77, a 14-0-3.
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1703, you still need engine engine 1703.
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Negative, they can go back if they haven't entered the construction zone already.
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Ready, end of the traffic zone right now.
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Can you get off at Hartford or you already passed a Hartford at you?
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Okay, we can probably get off at Hartford. If you can get off at Hartford, then,
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you can get off at Hartford.
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77, is that you at the Welcome Center?
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That's fireman, sir.
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Continue on behind that barrier and get up to the Hartford exit.
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Come back down the westbound lane.
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Good, got me.
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C-17, Establishing Command, C-17, dispatch.
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Go ahead, jeep 17.
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The patient is wanting to be checked out the EMS. The M.S will need to come back to get off at Hartford exit and it can get on beside BP on the ground coming up and then come down through it behind construction.
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Copy.
06:02
Senator Ambulance coming by the Welcome Center.
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Stand 4, thank you.
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About, Med 2.
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County Fire and 37, Senator.
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Go ahead.
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Show us back a service turning station.
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Copy.
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You can get off there at the Hartford exit and go by the BP and go behind the barrier, you should be able to get up there. But if you might want to try to talk to fire directly...
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Cocke County, TN
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