Two-vehicle head-on crash with multiple injuries on Highway 71, Crowley County CO
TrafficA head-on collision involving two vehicles occurred on Highway 71 near the Arkansas River Bridge. Multiple people were injured, and one person was trapped inside a vehicle requiring extrication. Emergency medical services and law enforcement responded, and traffic was blocked and diverted due to the accident.
Audio|Source: Crowley County Sheriff, Fire and EMS
05:39
Transcript:
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Rocky Corps members stand by for a motor vehicle crash head-on to the Highway 71 near Dyke Road, also at the bridge, Arkansas River Bridge.
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For a need to respond to Highway 71 via the Dyke Road or the Arkansas River Bridge, having a head-on collision, multiple injuries.
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Rocky Board members need to respond to Highway 71 at the River Bridge.
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We have a two-car head-on collision,
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multiple injuries.
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Timeout, 1013[1].
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Unknown on fluids.
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Med 1 and Rout 2, Board.
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Meg 1 and out 2 on board, 1013[1].
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5.01, I copy.
00:39
Dispatch point 26 in route?
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Report of one party may be trapped inside the vehicle needing extrication.
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County's in route towed call.
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Can you just find out that suspect a crash?
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Are you? 1014.
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501. 1050. 1050. 26, 501.
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5.0. 526, I'm at 50 and 71.
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526, 501. Yeah, I thought you could just grab you a second rig, second ambulance rig, sorry.
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Okay, copy all head to station.
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I'm a 50 and 71 now.
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5.01, we have two handles rolling.
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Okay, disregard 526.
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I only heard one ambulance rolling.
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Copy.
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501-513.
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Go ahead.
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Would you like you to respond to the scene or would you like you to go to the station?
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Okay.
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Respond to station.
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That got me.
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515 are a seat.
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You're on, you're unreadable.
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Show 514 en route to station.
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514, copy, thank you.
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Highway 6% below. Go ahead.
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There is an accident on Highway 71 at the 19.
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It looks like it was a head-on collision with two vehicles.
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Multiple people are injured.
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They are blocking half-fire EMS and deputies in rail.
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There's going to be possible extrication and one party is still stuck inside the vehicle.
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Okay, I've got me to them and have a version from Highway 50s at 3.76.
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The parking for us.
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Go ahead. Go ahead and notify Supervisor, please.
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I copy. Time at 1017.
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Whichever one we can get here the quickest.
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Thank you. I'm driving on scene.
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We'll invite further in a moment.
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5-0-0-3. Do you come up here past the ambulance through the north?
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We need to get this free priority patient.
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501. Go ahead.
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Do you want flight in the air or do you want them to respond?
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Yeah, in the air to respond.
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Probably 1019.
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The rest of one on team.
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Okay, 20. Uh... Dispatch 501.
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Also, if we could get law enforcement to help divert traffic at the adjacent county roads north and south of this accident, Highway 71 will be completely blocked.
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1013: Time or event marker (context: possibly a local code for time or event timestamp)
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