Multi-vehicle crash with injuries on Route 422, West Reading PA
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TrafficAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency units responded to a three-vehicle accident on Route 422 eastbound under the Buttonwood Street Bridge in West Reading. Two people were reported injured, one with a leg injury and one with a head injury. Smoke was reported from one of the vehicles, and multiple rescue and ambulance units were dispatched.
Audio|Heard on: Berks County Fire and EMS - Digital
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02:17
Transcript:
00:00
West Reading Borough, Route 422 eastbound over the Buttonwood Street Bridge.
00:03
Motor vehicle accident with injuries.
00:05
Station sixty-four responding to medic unit (number withheld).
00:10
West Reading Borough, Route 422 eastbound under the Buttonwood Street Bridge.
00:13
Motor vehicle accident with injuries, time sixteen forty-nine.
00:21
Ambulance (number withheld) available.
00:25
Ambulance (number withheld) available, sixteen forty-nine.
00:29
Continue unit (number withheld).
00:36
Intermediate unit (number withheld).
00:38
Intermediate unit (number withheld), can you direct the ambulance request? We'll handle the motor vehicle accident as someone was driving.
00:49
Switching over to fire channel A.
00:55
Medic unit (number withheld) responding.
01:08
Unit (number withheld) responding.
01:09
Time sixteen fifty.
01:11
Route 422 eastbound under the Buttonwood Street Bridge.
01:14
Three-vehicle accident, one person with leg injury, one person with head injury.
01:21
Received an automatic crash notification with no voice contact.
01:25
Looks like a sedan, a minivan, and a Mazda.
01:31
Rescue unit (number withheld) en route.
01:39
Rescue engine responding.
01:41
Route 422 eastbound under the Buttonwood Street Bridge.
01:45
Three-vehicle accident.
01:47
One person with leg injury, one with head injury.
01:50
Smoke correction.
01:52
Caller reporting smoke from one vehicle.
01:59
At unit (number withheld).
02:02
Intermediate unit (number withheld).
02:05
Redirecting from the other call to the accident since there are multiple patients.
02:13
Received, we have you respond.
02:15
We have you responding sixteen fifty-one.
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Location mentioned:
Buttonwood St, West Reading, PA
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