Motorcycle hits deer; rider may have head injury

Heard on: Susquehanna, Wayne, Lackawanna, and Wyoming Counties Fire / EMS

01:57

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

Fire Police Base, you got the crash, Newton Road.

00:03

Yes, sir. Just been contacted with it on scene.

00:07

I was just meeting him up here.

00:10

Okay, you have an update on the rider? That's we don't have that at this time.

00:15

Yes, sir. Rider is up, conscious and alert.

00:18

That's possible head injury.

00:29

This is radio from Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, Susquehanna County, Wayne County, Lackawanna County, Wyoming County Public Safety.

00:31

Please get there.

01:28

Rider's up and conscious.

01:31

Alert possible.

01:32

Head injury, repeat.

01:36

Lackawanna County, unit

01:38

eight, squad eight, FPA QRV eight, rescue two, pen 14 , (number withheld) Newton Road, Newton Township.

01:46

Motorcycle accident, struck a deer.

01:49

Rider's conscious, alert, possibly with a head injury.

01:52

Fire Police already on scene.

01:54

Tower Road, West Mountain Road, 19 twenty-six, operate on yellow.

9/6/2026 04:21 PM

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Newton Rd, Clarks Summit, PA 18411

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

As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to a motorcycle crash on Newton Road in Newton Township after the rider reportedly struck a deer. The rider was conscious and alert with a possible head injury, and fire police were already on scene when additional rescue units were dispatched.