Tractor trailer crash on Route 3 northbound traps two, Bedford MA
A tractor trailer and another vehicle crashed on Route 3 northbound near mile marker 75 in Bedford, MA. Two people were trapped in the vehicles and required a difficult extrication. Both were conscious but pinned against a guardrail and the damaged doors prevented them from getting out. Emergency teams worked to free them by breaking a window.
Audio|Source: Bedford Fire
03:58
Transcript:
00:00
Responding Route 3 northbound for motor vehicle crash with possible two patients near mile marker 75 at (number withheld).
00:32
A2, fire alarm.
00:35
I'm answering one vehicle,
00:40
two parties investigating.
00:42
Looks like there possibly was a tractor trailer involved.
00:45
I'm going to meet one of the companies to investigate their farther down walking for us.
00:51
One has it possibly with two patients involved with a tractor trailer.
00:57
companies will be investigating at (number withheld).
01:02
Flat 1 to NG3.
01:07
NG2.
01:10
Sorry, NG2.
01:11
With staging on 62, let me know if you need us to commit.
01:16
Me too.
01:19
A2 at G2. A2 at G2.
01:24
Go ahead, A-2.
01:27
It's going to be a difficult extrication. Both parties are conscious, however they're pinned against the guardrail and the left doors are too damaged to get out. We're going to break a window and try to get that that way.
01:42
Okay, receive. A ladder one, want to make your weight here.
01:47
Three feet on the way.
01:49
Go ahead.
01:58
Engine 2 to power.
02:01
Answer, engine 2.
02:03
First, we need police out here.
02:06
We have no state police or nothing out here.
02:09
We're off Route 3.
02:12
Command, just cover the station. We're going to be here for a little bit.
02:16
I'll send our PD up there.
02:35
Ladder 1 to Route 3 command, do you need me to block?
02:43
Yeah, because we got no one up here.
02:52
I'm calling Route 3, command.
02:56
Go ahead.
02:59
Yeah, but I got our officers on the way there. I'll check with the state again on the ETA,
03:03
but our officers should be there shortly.
03:07
Okay, I see if this is a mini-van that's involved with a tractor trailer, a tractor trailer is probably 500 feet ahead.
03:18
I'll receive.
03:19
I'll let state know, Foster.
03:25
The latter ones going out on scene.
03:29
At (number withheld). 2.
03:39
Command, you need other E tools up there?
03:43
All right, we got those two patients out.
03:53
Just looking around the vehicle.
03:56
How about that tractor trailer?
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