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Vehicle strikes pole at Elm and Summer streetsNew Bedford MA

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Elm St & Summer St, New Bedford, MA 02740

As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to a vehicle that struck a pole near Elm Street and Summer Street in New Bedford. Airbags deployed and the driver was initially unresponsive. CPR was attempted by a caller while fire and medical units were dispatched to the scene.

Audio|Heard on: New Bedford Police, Fire and EMS
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02:4
Transcript:
00:00
An MVA with injury near Elm and Summer.
00:03
Vehicle crashed into a pole.
00:04
Driver appears unconscious.
00:06
Operator.
00:11
Please.
00:16
I'll call, please.
00:21
Elm Street, near Summer.
00:23
Vehicle crashed into a pole.
00:24
Driver looks conscious.
00:33
Oh, PM one control.
00:35
PM one.
00:37
I'll be clear from here shortly and start heading to that.
00:41
This is.
00:47
Controlling units responding to Elmwood Fire Department, just be advised the female is not responding.
00:52
The caller is attempting to perform CPR.
01:00
Round coffee.
01:07
Fire Alarm dispatching Ladder 1, Engine 1, Unit 2 to the intersection of Elm Street and Summer Street for a vehicle versus pole with airbags deployed.
01:19
Fire Alarm dispatching Engine 1, Ladder 1, and Unit 2 to the intersection of Elm Street and Summer Street for a vehicle versus a pole with airbags deployed.
01:33
Hey, left four.
01:36
Show me around town.
01:38
Received, thank you.
01:45
Control to medic two.
01:47
Hey, (name withheld).
01:49
He advised that a female is agonally breathing and parties are refusing to do CPR.
01:54
Here's the round six.
01:57
Received.
02:01
You can turn in after responding to Elm and Summer.
02:03
My next one on scene.

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Elm St & Summer St, New Bedford, MA 02740

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