Driver falls asleep and crashes into parked cars on Delaware Ave, Palmerton PA
TrafficA driver fell asleep while driving a silver pickup truck on Delaware Avenue, swerved to avoid a head-on collision, and crashed into several parked cars. No injuries were reported and emergency services were called as a precaution.
Audio|Source: Carbon County Law Enforcement
01:30
Transcript:
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Counting 52. Right in front of near Delaware Ave, call reporting, a man driving a silver pickup truck just fell asleep behind the wheel. He has a swerve to avoid being hit head-on in the silver pickup truck hit a bunch of cars. He's still on scene, no injury.
00:25
All right, Depporte, the silver pickup, still in. All right, DeFords, you want dispatch, because it's Delaware and it's 1 30 and he has to be, you want to dispatch, uh, fire police, please for the road line. Thank you.
00:47
35. Also dispatch fogger, you have to bring down around left. Okay. And dispatch BLS[1], just in case.
Police codes explained
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[1]
BLS: Basic Life Support (medical unit dispatched)
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Location mentioned:
Near Delaware Ave, Palmerton, PA 18071
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