Elderly woman hurt in T-bone crash into ditch

Heard on: Rutherford County Sheriff, Fire and EMS

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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This is Rutherford

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County. Medical eleven, we're en route to routine.

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It's an eighty-nine, eighty-nine-year-old female.

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She was involved in a motor vehicle accident.

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Medics, safety central.

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Go ahead.

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We need to update the patient's residence to (number withheld) Old Caroleen Road.

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Central Police, show 40 on scene.

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I believe they were sitting still and were t-boned by another vehicle and slid off into a ditch.

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She did not lose consciousness, did not hit her head.

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She was restrained.

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She has slight pain in the center of her chest from the seatbelt.

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No injury other than to her left forearm, which was bandaged before our arrival.

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Her blood pressure is 140 over 80, heart rate of 75, O2 96 on room air, GCS 15.

7/30/2026 10:41 AM

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Old Caroleen Rd, Forest City, NC 28043

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As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews responded near Old Caroleen Road for an 89-year-old woman who was reportedly struck by another vehicle while her car was stopped, causing it to go into a ditch. She was wearing a seatbelt, did not lose consciousness, and had chest pain from the seatbelt and a bandaged injury to her left forearm.