Traffic crash with fuel spill near CT-372 ramp, Cromwell CT
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TrafficAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire and EMS responded to a traffic collision involving a tractor trailer on the Route 91 south ramp near Industrial Park and CT‑372 in Cromwell. One person was reportedly injured. The crash caused a diesel fuel leak from a saddle tank, with some oil entering a nearby waterway. Emergency crews worked to contain the spill, close the ramp, and begin environmental mitigation efforts.
Audio|Heard on: Cromwell Fire and EMS
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05:57
Transcript:
00:00
Is the ramp fully blocked, ambulance one?
00:04
Yeah, you're not going to get anything down here.
00:06
You got traffic all the way backing up on the ramp.
00:09
I do have one injury.
00:11
Tracking further.
00:14
Appreciate it.
00:18
Engine three, when you get up here, shut the ramp down.
00:22
Received. Engine three's on scene.
00:26
Engine three on scene, 2300.
00:33
Dispatch, squad one.
00:35
Squad go.
00:37
Can you get PD to shut down the ramp coming onto 91?
00:42
I'm going to send the squad up and come down back on Berlin Road.
00:52
Roger, the 91 south ramp opposite Industrial Park, correct?
01:04
Engine three, send your manpower up with me.
01:07
Going to start walking now.
01:12
Three copies.
01:15
Squad one from ambulance one.
01:19
Okay.
01:21
Are you going to be coming down the on-ramp from 91 South?
01:27
Yes, affirmative.
01:28
I'm walking down.
01:29
I'm gonna send a squad around.
01:32
All right, just speed by as you got one TT single and a car coming up.
01:37
Is that off of on-ramp?
01:41
Appreciate it.
01:47
Squad one, go ahead.
01:53
CPD is closed down on the ramp southbound at 372.
01:58
Appreciate it.
02:04
Squad one driver, so just to confirm that it is shut down and I can come down?
02:09
Shut down.
02:16
You got a tractor trailer and a car coming up that on-ramp, boys.
02:22
Freeze it.
02:24
I will creep up and then just let me know when it's all clear on your end.
02:30
Yeah, once that last car comes up, I'll have traffic stopped.
02:35
Freeze.
02:38
Spy one officer, phone ambulance.
02:41
Roger.
02:45
Appears to be just one saddle tank.
02:47
Reports half full.
02:49
Appears to be a hundred gallon tank.
02:51
Active leak at this time.
02:55
Received.
02:57
Dispatch, start DEEP for us please.
03:01
Roger, DEEP being started, approximately 50 gallons of diesel from the saddle tank.
03:11
Engine one to command, did you want this hot or cold?
03:16
Come hot, turn out.
03:21
Squad one is coming up the ramp.
03:27
And engine one to command, let us know where you want us once we arrive.
03:31
Which ramp you want us on and whatnot?
03:38
Received when you get here, just stage at the bottom for the time being.
03:41
Squad one officer, what do you need from the spot?
03:46
Just some pads and booms for now.
03:50
Ten four.
03:53
Squad one from ambulance one, be advised that just assessing one patient at this point looks like it's BLS.
04:05
Dispatch to command.
04:09
Go ahead.
04:11
He's notified and responding.
04:13
I gave him the duty officer phone.
04:14
Hopefully you have it.
04:15
They're going to call you for better direction once they get in the area.
04:20
Appreciate it.
04:27
Dispatching Squad One.
04:30
Go ahead.
04:32
Could I start to call back? We're going to be here a while.
04:36
Roger, starting to call.
04:37
Thank you.
04:43
Engine One to command, we're coming under the overpass on 372 now.
04:52
Dispatch from Squad One.
04:55
Got it.
04:57
Establishing command at this point.
05:00
Do have a waterway involved with motor oil going down into the waterway.
05:04
We're going to mitigate now.
05:08
Roger, establishing command.
05:11
Oil into the waterway, attempting mitigation.
05:13
2307.
05:15
Engine 1, just make sure the ramp's fully shut down when you get down there.
05:22
Engine 1 copies that 91 South ramp.
05:29
Affirmative.
05:35
Engine 1 on scene, 2308.
05:42
Dispatch, come in.
05:45
Command's on.
05:47
Just to confirm, you want a four-person or six-person callback?
05:53
Four person.
05:56
Got it.
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CT-372, Cromwell, CT
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