Four-vehicle crash on I-79 causes three injuries, Washington County PA
TrafficA multi-vehicle accident involving four vehicles occurred near the bridge at the Northropane-Seasel line on I-79 in Washington County, Pennsylvania. The crash caused moderate vehicle damage and resulted in three people injured. Emergency responders are on scene managing the situation. A separate incident involved a tractor trailer pulled over nearby, but no fire was present.
Audio|Source: Washington County Fire Zone 2
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Transcript:
00:00
We're on scene.
00:05
We're on scene.
00:07
We're just before the bridge at the Northropane-Seasel line.
00:11
We have four vehicles with moderate damage.
00:13
Looks like we have access.
00:14
Medic 48 can establish I-79 command.
00:16
Do you have any confirmation of where that tractor trailer fire is? We have a tractor trailer pulled over on the side of the highway here, but no brakes on fire.
00:25
Is it a Western Express tractor trailer?
00:27
2.2 in route.
00:28
Copy engine 482.
00:30
Negative. All right, copy.
00:32
So that the tractor trailer then should be at the 41.
00:38
Do you also have vehicles on the northbound side as well?
00:42
Medic 4A copy, that's the tractor trailer is a separate incident.
00:46
Yeah, we have two vehicles northbound and two vehicles southbound here at the 46.
00:51
All right, copy.
00:53
Two northbound and two southbound.
00:55
Engine 482, which incident are you en route to?
00:59
Accident to the catch trailer, break home fire.
01:02
Copy that.
01:03
Washington, Rescue 481.
01:04
Rescue 481, go ahead.
01:06
We're out with Medic.
01:07
On scene with Medic 448, 1655.
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from the Bennett operator.
01:11
Can you guys go up to the turnaround, come back southbound and block this side?
01:17
That's copy. Position yourself in the fast lane behind the Ford F-150.
01:21
I got a bunch of debris in the roadway.
01:22
Check for them.
01:23
Command, as of right now, I'm looking at three injuries.
01:25
First one is going to be backpane in that black vehicle and I got two injuries up here at the F-150.
01:30
Command, copy.
01:31
Control, you copy that? Three injuries.
01:32
Copy that, passing that on to EMS.
01:34
Squad 484 is on scene.
01:36
Copy Squad 484 on scene at 1657.
01:41
She good there?
01:42
Okay, let it sit the two up here.
01:44
General 483.
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Engine 483.
01:48
Engine 483. Other 483, go ahead.
01:49
We've checked almost all the way down to the North Junction, Southboundland.
01:53
We have heavy backlog.
01:54
Do you have any more information? You can add 44 as well.
01:56
Engine 483 from engine 442.
01:58
There was a tractor trailer pulled over on 70, just off of North Junction, but there was no smoke or fire.
02:06
Tap 4. We haven't found anything.
02:08
We're going to go ahead and clear off.
02:09
Control engine 483.
02:10
See you show it's clear, nothing found.
02:11
All right, copy that engine 483.
02:13
I'll show you clear with nothing found, 1703.
02:15
Washington.
02:16
Tanger 48 is clear.
02:18
Copy or clear at 1703.
02:20
7.03. 79 command for measure 483.
02:22
I-79 command, good.
02:27
Any need for us?
02:32
Yeah,
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you can respond up here.
02:34
Stafford control, Agent 483, you get chosen to find the crash on the crash on 979, not emergent.
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