Vehicle accident blocks southbound Route 8 near Bank St, Seymour CT
TrafficA motor vehicle accident occurred on Route 8 southbound near Bank Street exit in Seymour. The accident caused a highway shutdown with heavy police presence. Emergency responders including fire and EMS attended the scene. The occupant of the vehicle was out and no extrication was needed.
Audio|Source: Lower Naugatuck Valley Fire and EMS
08:42
Transcript:
00:00
Medic, we're unsure of the situation.
00:01
(number withheld) 707, hold the air.
00:03
MVA is in Seymour, in Seymour.
00:05
In Seymour.
00:09
Unseen confirms MVA is in Seymour.
00:12
We are HQ.
00:16
Beacon falls, bud.
00:17
Go all the way to beacon back.
00:18
Roger. The FD2 to Seymour, this is going to be confirmed in Seymour.
00:22
Preciated, confirmed in Seymour, 2340.
00:24
In Seymour.
00:25
All beacon units be advised, the accident is confirmed to be in Seymour.
00:28
FD2 is Seymour.
00:30
It's going to be the old Route 8 Bank Street exit 22, southbound, old Bank Street 22 just prior to it.
00:40
Beacon Falls Engine 3 as a full crew they're inquiring if you want their assistance.
00:43
Stand by, Seymour.
00:44
You can start about rolling.
00:45
I'm not there yet, but it's definitely in Seymour.
00:48
It's confirmed to be in Seymour.
00:50
We'll be just prior to exit 18 and fires saying fire can also respond, so engine 3 can take the response.
01:01
Engine 3 can take the response.
01:05
Engine 13 on the ramp.
01:07
After engine 13 on the ramp.
01:09
Here to be H-1.
01:12
Good.
01:13
So you want to rescue it as well.
01:16
Let's roll with the one unit.
01:19
I'm sure Seymour's got the Ramborettis on that route.
01:21
Measure 3O-1, this one.
01:24
Scott. You are you on to be in? If so, are we going to be first in?
01:27
Yeah, I'm on scene.
01:28
There's heavy police presence.
01:29
I'm investigating it now, but yeah, I would believe you're going to be first in.
01:32
I'm on scene.
01:33
Be advised, southbound closed.
01:35
3-503 on board.
01:38
Better Rescue 12 responding with 3-503 on board.
01:40
To Seymour, hold the air.
01:42
Rescue 12 and engine 13.
01:44
I want you to get on the henny-penny off ramp.
01:48
I got the highway shutdown, easy access.
01:50
Piotone, Engine 3.
01:53
All right, you guys can come up, just no extrication, negative extrication.
02:03
Three, Agent 3 North-Lasel will be being arrival on C-mark.
02:06
Occupant is out of the vehicle.
02:08
Seymour units, I want you to get on Rudy.
02:10
Northbound goes the normal way.
02:11
Do not come on the on-ramp.
02:14
Receive negative extrication occupant is at the vehicle.
02:17
Seymour units respond the normal way, go northbound and do not come on the ramp.
02:22
2345. Second. I think we're going to try to move stuff over to the right.
02:25
Okay. Affirm.
02:26
Okay, you're good.
02:27
Why don't you come into the, uh, come down to the scene, and I want you to come in the slow side, which will be the left-hand lane to you.
02:35
All other apparatus, I want you to go Route 8 northbound, Route 8 northbound.
02:40
Seymour Rescue 12s, I'm seen.
02:42
Roger Antion 11 in Route 3.
02:43
64 at Ft F22.
02:45
Go ahead, Ford.
02:46
You have myself,
02:47
Beacon ambulance, Beacon Engine 3,
02:49
and the Rtango behind me, trying to make a...
02:52
Roger that. I've got 12 on scene trying to clear the troopers out of here so that we could get away going.
03:01
I'm going to get 12 all the way over.
03:02
Okay. See Med, we are on scene.
03:03
We are on scene.
03:04
It checks up scene 2347.
03:05
707 in my tango.
03:06
Go ahead.
03:07
Need that bag and stretch over here right now, please, patience, unslabel.
03:10
I don't know.
03:12
I assume. And we still in traffic, we'll pull in.
03:14
My partners will bring up to you.
03:16
All that traffic, do you want us to come in or you just want us to hang in Beacon for now? Stand by.
03:21
Yeah, negative. Hanging Beacon or you can go the old Vruid 8 back.
03:25
I'll just take, is 13 on the air or are you guys on the air only? I missed the sign on.
03:29
Okay, Roger that.
03:30
You guys can return to service, I'll just take 12 and 13.
03:33
I've got some beacon guys here as it is, and they're tied up too, so.
03:36
Hello, Senator.
03:37
They're return to service 2348.
03:39
Once we get these police vehicles and apparatus out of the way, I'm going to have you take the slow lane so we can push everybody over to the fast lane now.
03:51
You're not going to get any further than what the line of vehicles in front of you.
03:54
Everybody's gridlock between the Jersey barriers and the guardrails.
03:57
We can't go forward, we can't go back, we can't go left, we can't go right.
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Location mentioned:
Near Bank St, Seymour, CT 06483
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