Multiple children injured in serious vehicle accident, La Grange NC
TrafficA serious vehicle accident occurred near New Hope Rd involving multiple children. A 12-year-old girl suffered a broken wrist, facial cuts, and severe burns covering about 25 percent of her body. A 3-year-old child has a broken thigh bone. Helicopters are being arranged to airlift the injured children to medical facilities.
Audio|Source: Wayne County Fire and OPS Channels
06:41
Transcript:
00:00
Yeah, it's going to be a little top right here, but we probably can,
00:03
I don't know, the power line's getting close.
00:05
We might just put them right down here in the road.
00:06
Copy.
00:07
Colwyn, you're going to be LZ[2].
00:08
If you can switch to Ops 10, that'll be good.
00:12
Wayne Central's got Ops 10 packs.
00:14
And New Hope Portable 7 is coming down there to help you.
00:17
Central is correct.
00:18
Are there you confirmed? Indian Springs Hall 1 is the LZ[2] command or is it you're portable?
00:23
That's correct. These LZ[2] command.
00:24
WISO for all units.
00:25
Air Care has about a 5-270 T.A.
00:27
5 to 10 META[3].
00:29
WI.C. Fire Command.
00:30
When you get a second, if you could get us some patient information for the helicopter.
00:33
Copy. Command, Waysa.
00:35
Yeah, sir. Patient information when you're ready.
00:38
Got a 12-year-old weighs about a hundred and fifty pounds.
00:44
Um, female. You got me.
00:45
I caught broken wrist and burns as well as a laceration to the face.
00:49
Do you have any further?
00:50
Negative, not yet. Springs Cor 1 to New Hope command on Office 3.
00:55
Go ahead. David, I think we're going to put it down in this little field right behind the house beside your rescue truck.
01:02
Is the patient going to be in an ambulance?
01:03
Yes, sir.
01:04
Okay, we can drive the ambulance through this yard right here without any trouble, I'm pretty sure.
01:08
Go on and get it on in here.
01:10
We're going to have to snap.
01:11
We go through a couple of trees, but other than that, there's plenty of room to land the helicopter right here.
01:15
Okay.
01:16
Hawaii, Central Indian Springs Hall 1.
01:17
I know you're doing your best to everything set up.
01:19
If you could give me some four minutes or an address, they've got approximately a five-minute ETA[3] and they are in there currently.
01:26
Correction, eight minutes, eight minutes.
01:28
10-4[1]. Go ahead and let them know, near New Hope Rd.
01:32
We're going to set some flags down out here for them.
01:35
Got it, sir. I'll go ahead and pass it in with OV.E., hopefully.
01:37
10-4[1]. I'll go ahead and switch over to that.
01:39
Hi, hey, this is ailing flight off going over the east road.
01:42
Okay, Mike L2, that's a good copy, I'll leave two.
01:44
Here, L2, that's a good copy, I'll follow, and tell me you two.
01:47
We have an open area behind a dwelling house located just south of the wreck scene.
01:56
We're going to set four cones down for you to be able to have a small landing zone.
02:02
It's an open area right here.
02:03
Can you check with East Care at Mount Olive and get a second helicopter here, please?
02:07
Copy. The patient's going to be approximately three years old with a femur fracture.
02:11
Copy. Do you have a femur fracture? Yes, femur correction.
02:15
Copy. White Central,
02:16
any unit that could advise.
02:17
Is this going to be the same area for the second helicopter if they're available? Yes.
02:22
Okay, thank you.
02:23
Send yes, Rangecar 1 on LVG.
02:25
This is Tarhill 3.
02:27
How do you have to be helping? Yes, sir.
02:29
Tarhill 3, go ahead.
02:30
Command and Way Central, let me know about the second helicopter as soon as you can.
02:34
I'm out.
02:35
Go ahead. Sir,
02:36
can you give us a patient update for Carolina Aircraft?
02:39
Standby. Wait. Wait, just another car to read.
02:41
Not all of it is available and they can head that way.
02:43
Soon them all.
02:44
You call for in there, ground seat.
02:45
It's Frayn's 4-1.
02:47
It's Starryl, copy all.
02:48
Be looking out for you and we'll let you know when we have you inside and we'll do some orbits for some recon and we'll see you on the ground about two and a half minutes.
02:56
And just confirming our patient 150 pounds, 12-year-old male, do you have any mechanism?
03:02
Well, he says, well, I get you one just a minute.
03:04
Exactly. I'm not for sure of the patient,
03:07
but there are no obstructions on our landing zone, power lines or at least a couple hundred feet away.
03:13
There is one night light pole, but it's along the edge of a tree line.
03:17
It shouldn't have any trouble.
03:18
Roger. Darryl three out.
03:20
We'll see you two minutes. She's about 150 pounds, 12 years old, she's got lacerations,
03:26
and burns to about 25 center of her body.
03:33
California air carriers approximately two minutes out, two minutes.
03:37
Okay.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-4: Acknowledgement/Received
[2]
LZ: Landing Zone
[3]
ETA: Estimated Time of Arrival
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Location mentioned:
Near New Hope Rd, La Grange, NC 28551
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