Multi-vehicle accident causes injuries on I-26 near Hwy 76, Newberry County SC
TrafficA multi-vehicle traffic accident occurred on Interstate 26 eastbound near the Highway 76 interchange in Newberry County. The crash involved five vehicles and resulted in multiple injuries, including two people with head injuries. Emergency crews and stations were dispatched, and part of the interstate was shut down by Highway Patrol to handle the incident and traffic control.
Audio|Source: Newberry County Fire
06:34
Transcript:
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Medical 1, Station 14, Station 2021, please respond, 76 Eastbound I-26, 76 Eastbound I-26.
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We've got a report of multiple wrecks in the area due to a large puddle.
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Multiple injuries reported.
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Please respond.
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Control engine 1 can be en route.
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Copy in route.
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Throw engine Cedar responder.
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Time more.
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Motion 2. Measure 1.
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Go ahead.
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Lieutenant, we're going to hit 34 and get on at 74 east and hit down.
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Any units that are responding to the 76 Eastbound I-26 for the multi-vehicle MVA, please move over to Ops4, Ops4 is going to be a working channel.
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Any units that are responding to the 76 Eastbound I-26 for the multi-vehicle NVA, please move over to opt-4, opt-for is going to be a working channel.
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Copy, Ops4.
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142 to control.
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142 to control.
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142 and 140 are going to be en route.
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1040, you're going to be on Off 4, Off 4.
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What about you?
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Yeah,
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4? That 4.
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Kind of control, Matt 1.
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Medical one.
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Medic 1 is going to be around.
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To work, copy, Medic 1 in route.
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Control, engine 1 on Opts 4.
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Go ahead.
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Go ahead.
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You showed engine 1 in the area.
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140 station 14.
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One forty, go ahead.
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Hey, foot, how many personnel you got with y'all between two trucks?
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Number one on one forty two on one forty two.
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Copy. I'm a row one forty one forty one there.
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Tempoe, got a drive away, an onion, 142, come on.
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Travel 141 on Opts 4.
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You'll be in the route.
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Once I'm on scene, I'll be an AOS unit.
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10 4.
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Throw me at 1 on Ops 4.
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Medical 1.
02:57
For confirming eastbound 76, do we have any ideas easier to approach the 34 on the ramp or stay on that 3rd 19?
03:10
I'd go down to the 34 at this point.
03:13
We have multiple vehicles up underneath the bridge is where the issue is.
03:19
Control,
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Engine 1, Pops 4.
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Show us on the seam.
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We're just east of the 76 interchange right at the 76 mile marker control.
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So far, good copy.
03:32
Then it one, you copy direct?
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Affirminous.
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Our unit arriving on scene if we could just get a number of patients and disagree,
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all type of injury
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to confirm our resources.
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Engine 1 from Massachusetts 2.
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What lane are you going to be in?
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Units hold you traffic for just one moment.
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Medic 1, per law enforcement, we have head injury times 2.
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At the hall frame, I'm eastbound right now.
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Correct, one bruised, one head injury.
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Medic 1, did you copy?
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Control 1 copies, 2 patients,
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both head injury.
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Do you say if the sniff and head injury is cautious or not?
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I know at the time and correction on that.
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It's going to be one bruised head, one head injury.
04:39
Simple. Thank you.
04:42
Time for.
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Action 1 from engine 2.
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2. I'm on NFD, but go ahead with your traffic.
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Two on opts for, go ahead.
05:00
Yeah, what lane are y'all in?
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We're off the roadway, we're in the emergency lane eastbound.
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So if you come down the on-ramp eastbound at the 76,
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you can back up and come back up to interstate.
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Command, just be advised.
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Commandion 2 on scene, secondary block.
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If you will, go ahead and open up city monitors to backfill the station, please.
05:30
To report the backfill station?
05:34
Okay, affirmative. Okay.
05:37
Also, just realized Highway Patrol has shut down the interstate a bit farther back, just so you're aware.
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And it's also going to be five vehicles that are now involved in this 1050.
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Station 20, station 21, standby for traffic, command the station.
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Unit responding behind engine two.
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Come on around us.
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We're going to shut down the interstate right here.
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Station 20, station 21,
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2021 need units to respond to the station and man the station at the time.
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Need additional firefighters and units to respond to your station and man the station.
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Got a copy.
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Control, rescue 140.
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Rescue 142.
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On scene.
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Copy 140, 142 on scene.
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Command 1141.
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