Vehicle and motorcycle crash on Santa Maria Way

Heard on: Kern County Fire

01:12

This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

00:00

Traffic collision, station thirty-two's area.

00:02

Engine thirty-two, engine thirty-one, battalion three, West Polar Avenue and Santa Maria Way for a vehicle versus motorcycle, semi-current three.

00:19

Battalion three.

00:21

Engine 32 on scene.

00:23

Looks like minor damage to the motorcycle.

00:27

Everybody out of the vehicle.

00:28

Speed is hilarious.

00:29

32 feet. Tulare IC, stand by for station update.

00:39

Copy. 32 on scene.

00:41

One driver out of vehicle.

00:42

Assuming Tulare IC investigating.

00:50

ECC,

00:51

Tulare, I see.

00:53

32 can handle, you can cancel the balance.

00:58

ECC copies, Battalion 3D copy.

01:02

Tactical copies, cancel the balance, Battalion 3 complete.

01:08

ECC copies, 32 can handle, Engine 31, Battalion 3 complete, 25th.

2026-09-13 20:43 UTC

Traffic

Santa Maria Way, Shafter, CA 93263

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire units responded to a reported traffic collision between a vehicle and a motorcycle near West Polar Avenue and Santa Maria Way. The motorcycle appeared to have only minor damage, and the involved people were out of the vehicle. One engine unit reported it could handle the scene and other responding units were canceled.