Traffic crash closes Cornish covered bridge, Cornish NH
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TrafficAs discussed during the dispatch call, a traffic crash happened near the Cornish–Windsor covered bridge in Cornish, New Hampshire. The bridge was closed due to the crash and concerns about its structural weight. Multiple ambulances were requested to respond to the scene. Emergency teams are managing the incident and controlling access to the bridge.
Audio|Heard on: Upper Valley Area Police and Fire
Listen to dispatch call
06:54
Transcript:
00:00
Thank you. Over, Cornish Command.
00:04
Cornish Command.
00:07
Could you get us another ambulance, please,
00:11
just north of the covered bridge.
00:17
Received requesting a second ambulance north of the covered rate 1309.
00:28
Windsor 469.
00:31
Go ahead.
00:34
A request from the New Hampshire State Police to go down a bridge street and shut the covered bridge down.
00:38
They're going to crash on the other side.
00:43
Downforce, 70-6.
00:47
Any additional ambulance on top of us or are we going to be all set with just south?
00:59
Golden Cross, I believe, is on scene,
01:03
but I'll check with command.
01:05
Hand over to Cornish command.
01:08
Yep, this is the Cornish Command.
01:10
We're requesting another ambulance because there is not going to be access through the bridge.
01:19
Receive, so we need to come from Golden Cross.
01:39
Bradford Fest Squad, Upper Valley Ambulance, Medical Call,
01:44
494, South Main Street in Bradford, Unit 6, 65 YOPM difficulty breathing and chest pain.
01:53
Bradford Fest Squad, Upper Belly Ambulance, Medical Call, 494, South Main Street in Bradford, Unit 6, 65 Y OPM, difficulty breathing and chest pain.
02:06
Timeout, 13.
02:08
10.
02:17
Cornish Rescue 2.
02:20
I'll be responding maybe in 1012 minute ETA.
02:23
I can come in north of the covered bridge.
02:27
Cornish Rescue 2, Your Honor, responding you'll come in north of the covered bridge at 1311.
02:36
Two.
02:41
Ambulance two.
02:44
Bombing Bradford stations covered.
02:47
Your Honor responding stations covered at 1311.
02:50
Be advised your caller was mapping in the area of near South Main Street.
02:56
Like he told 911 that he was at near South Main Street apartment number 6.
03:03
Receive, thank you.
03:08
They did call in.
03:10
I do have a Windsor officer down there headed down that way, but I'll see if I can get a highway to shut it off at Bridge Street.
03:25
C1. Windsor C1.
03:28
This is C1.
03:32
If were you on scene of that accident?
03:36
Negative.
03:42
Please feel too.
03:44
You're a little broken, but go ahead.
03:47
State Police are tied up at the secondary crash on the bridge.
03:51
When you're ready, I'm going to give you one Vermont tag.
03:57
Is this for the initial accident?
04:03
Okay, formative.
04:08
There is way too much stagnant weight on the bridge right now.
04:14
When we're in those three arriving on scene, pressing PD clear the bridge due to stagnant way.
04:24
Honda CRV.
04:27
And I do that, I do have that coming back to an (name withheld) out of White River Junction.
04:35
The advised Windsor is requesting you guys to clear the bridge, there's too much weight on the bridge.
04:40
Again,
04:41
they're requesting you guys to clear the bridge too much weight on the bridge.
04:48
At that crash, we are at the one-on-12A, that's being handled by State Police.
04:54
Received, I'll call State.
04:57
Three to one.
05:00
We can hand follow, take up.
05:03
Thank you.
05:10
We on seeing 12A. We on scene, 12A.
05:20
1360.
05:25
We're transferring Hitchcock starting 0.
05:28
Off the Hitchcock starting mile 0, 1316.
05:34
Head over to Cornish Command.
05:41
35.
05:46
Windsor 85.
05:47
Go without a Dartmouth.
05:53
You're off an armament at 1360.
05:55
You're all at Dartmouth at 1360.
06:00
And...
06:05
Are you trying to be?
06:11
What the patient status is for DART? The patient is in a cross ambulance of 12A.
06:24
So do you still need DART to the scene?
06:35
Thank.
06:40
I put a barricade up at the entrance of Bridge Street and now I'll be blocking off the bridge.
06:49
Ten-four. We do have Windsor Highway going to be up there shutting it off at the top.
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Cornish, NH 03745
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