Serious accident with extrication and helicopter landing, Mckean County PA


Emergency responders dealt with a serious traffic accident requiring extrication of trapped individuals, medical care, a helicopter landing, and road closure at South Ave and Owens Way.
Audio|Source: McKean County / Bradford Area Fire/EMS
02:53
Transcript:
00:00
Squad 15-2 en route 1754. Great, they can't keep I, Chief 15. Chief 15, go ahead. Do you want Squad 151 diverted to Case? Since Squad 152 is about on scene. Stand by on that. I gotta make sure he can get up between all the traffic that's got the road block down.
00:27
It looks like I'm going to make it through traffic in the oncoming lane. Traffic is behaving well. Squad 15-1 holds your location at Owens Way. You're probably going to be diverted to the landing zone. Squad 15 on stage. 15 is going to make it through here to the scene.
00:57
15-1, go ahead and take the landing zone. County, what was the ETA on the helicopter? 2.15, that first call, it was a 14-minute ETA. We put them in an air standby, so it's going to be a little bit shorter than that. Spot 151, there's a semi up there. I asked him to block the roads for me. That semi is doing us to favor.
01:27
121520. 1215217. 1215 to 1755. McKean County, Chief 6 responding. Chief 6 responding 1756. To assist station 15, you're going to shut the road down at South Avenue and Miner to run. No northbound traffic on South Avenue, June 19.
01:53
squad 15 Wondon County. We're going to switch over to public safety. We're going to be landing them in the grass in front of Cates. Cogby, we'll get the LZ[2]. 1756. Captain 1550 will have to LZO. Tommy, Public Safety.
02:16
15 of teen county excretation is complete. Ambulans will be loading. ETA on the helicopter. We're calling for the ETA. Copy extrication[1] complete, 1758.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
extrication: Rescue operation for trapped individuals
[2]
LZ: Landing Zone for medical helicopter
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Location mentioned:
South Ave & Owens Way, Bradford Township, PA 16701
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