Vehicle blocking lane after traffic accident in Portland, Portland OR

Traffic

Reported: 11/15/2025 09:27 PM

NE Couch St & NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Portland, OR 97232

A traffic accident occurred near Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard and Northeast Couch Street in Portland. A vehicle involved is blocking a lane of travel. Police have been requested and are on the way.

Audio|Source: Portland Area Fire and Rescue

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Transcript:

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Engine 21, Mediq.

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340 for a traffic accident.

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Northeast, Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Boulevard, North East Cooch Street, Tucker, Tufts 1.

00:06

Engine 21, traffic accident for U.N.

00:09

Medic 340,

00:11

Northeast, Martin Luther King, Jr.

00:12

Boulevard, Northeast Cooch Street, Tucker Seths 1, 2028.

00:19

409 on scene

00:22

Bravo 409 on scene, 2132

00:25

Turkey, monitored commercial fire alarm, Hattie, Redmond, apartment, (number withheld) North Interstate Avenue, talk group is ops 1.

00:30

Truckee, monitored, commercial fire alarm, Hattie, Redmond, apartment, (number withheld) North Interstate Avenue, Talk Group stops 1, 2132.32.

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2132. 1332. Copy 169, start, 29, start at 2132.

00:52

Go ahead.

00:55

Thank you, Trane. Do you do a call back, please? The doors locked.

00:58

No, that's answering.

01:01

Trane!

01:03

Code 1[1]331 as well.

01:07

Copy that, 1331.

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Truck 22, Medi-1343-5-5-Viley-E-Lake-Lake-Corp by Bee-Late Center, 1-4-3-35-5-5-E-E-Late Core, Talk-Rub-Bee-Lates, Hope Center, 1-43-3-5-5-5-E-V-E-Late Core, Talk-Rub-Rubs-F1, 21-24.

01:31

Go ahead.

01:34

Were you able to get in, Medi-3-28?

01:40

Carverness.

01:42

Copy, thank you. Medic 340. Do you have traffic?

01:45

340? Can we get PD here? Code 1[1] for a SO.

01:49

We have a vehicle blocking a lane of travel after an accident and it looks like they refused to respond earlier.

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PD currently in route.

02:00

Copy, thank you.

Police codes explained

The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:

[1]

Code 1: Non-emergency response; proceed without lights or sirens and obey all traffic laws.

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NE Couch St & NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Portland, OR 97232

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