Multi-vehicle collision on I-5 near Encinitas, Encinitas CA
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As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to a possible multi-vehicle traffic collision on Interstate 5 near Encinitas. Radio communications indicate three vehicles were involved, with two drivers trapped inside their vehicles. Tow service and fire were requested. There was also discussion of a downed tree partially blocking the roadway. All information remains unconfirmed at this time.
Audio|Heard on: California Highway Patrol - Border Division
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03:16
Transcript:
00:00
16, confirm you’re en route to the 1183.
00:08
Fifteen, that’s affirmative.
00:10
I saw eleven thirty-nine come off that head-on collision, so whatever I get to first.
00:16
Sixteen, ten-four. We’ll start to eleven eighty-five.
00:22
Yeah, out that way as well.
00:27
I-5 south of Encinitas for a gray sedan, no further.
00:31
7 Charles, copy.
00:33
7 Charles.
00:40
23, can you copy me?
00:43
9223, you’re coming in 10-2 now, go ahead.
00:49
Uh, (name withheld) 1015, can you show the blood tech here please?
00:54
Ten fifteen, sir. Blood tech 1809.
01:02
Can you go on, Cree?
01:06
Two seven days, go ahead.
01:08
Caltrans is inquiring about the size of the tree they need to know for call out.
01:14
If they send one truck with a chainsaw, they can cut the top end of it.
01:20
It’s too heavy to move, approximately 20 to 30 feet long, but 5 feet of it is in the roadway.
01:32
Ten from Berkeley, 20 to thirty-three long.
01:33
Only five feet is in the roadway.
01:36
They should handle the top of it with a chainsaw.
01:44
7 Charles, can you check with fire? See if they’re willing to respond.
01:47
Don’t call BB.
01:50
7 Charles, so far.
01:58
1516, how do you copy?
02:07
1516, you’re 10-2, go ahead.
02:11
31185, I’ve got the eastbound lane blocked.
02:14
I’m about to lose our radio comm there in a second.
02:20
10-4, I copy.
02:21
21185, eastbound lanes are blocked.
02:27
There are three of them.
02:28
Three.
02:30
Ten four, three.
02:37
One fifteen, sixteen.
02:39
Can you still copy?
02:41
One fifteen, sixteen, ten four.
02:45
Fifteen, sixteen.
02:46
I’ve got three vehicles involved and drivers stuck in two of the vehicles.
03:01
One fifteen, sixteen, I copy.
03:03
Three vehicles involved, two parties stuck in two of them.
03:11
Ten thirty-nine with brothers with three.
03:14
One fifteen, sixteen.
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Location mentioned:
I-5, Encinitas, CA
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