Serious semi-truck crash triggers urgent rescue on I-20 Texas, Eastland County TX
On I-20 near Lake Leon, rescuers work to free a semi-truck driver who is losing consciousness after a major crash, while police close ramps to avoid a traffic mess.
Audio|Source: Carbon Fire
05:21
Transcript:
00:00
Okay, we almost have the driver out.
00:02
He's becoming unresponsive.
00:04
And we're going to head straight to the truck through and get him completely free.
00:07
Your patient will be in the sleeper, very entangled.
00:11
They're still working on that extrication.
00:15
Very soon, we're in the hospital of us in square now.
00:26
MediC4 dispatch,
00:28
were you able to get a hold of the second helicopter?
00:35
We've got airbag 52 in a brownwood with a 34 minute UTA on standby right now.
00:57
This match, Chief 62 on thing.
01:03
Chief 6219-0.
01:22
Will you go ahead and launch the second helicopter for an air standby towards Eastland for right now?
01:39
Dispatcho, squad 6 on Zane.
01:49
Good, back to medic, four is unseen.
01:54
Okay, not too much.
01:58
Go ahead, dispatch.
02:01
We don't need that there.
02:02
You bring your tie.
02:05
Four and a minute two.
02:13
Go ahead, dispatch.
02:18
Up to that 52 is needing a landing zone before they can march.
02:28
Put the landing zone at the Eastland base for right now and it will change as it needed.
02:36
Top two.
02:45
New passenger C-62.
02:50
Do bad.
02:52
Can you get PD to shut down this entrance ramp in front of Lakeitha? We've got people trying to get on the interstate here and they can't.
03:00
They're trying to go down to the Leon River and turn around.
03:02
We're going to have a traffic nightmare.
03:06
10-4[1]-262.
03:12
I just got it.
03:26
I just got...
03:41
62 going.
03:43
I've been assuming command of the Lakeitha Breck Operation Channel will be on Eastland Fire, Eastland Fire.
03:51
2.4.2ndi-2.
03:57
Opperson, Eastland Fire Channel at 927.
04:00
Do you have an ETA on the second helicopter?
04:11
602. It's going to be coming out of brownwood.
04:13
About 5 minutes ago, they had about 34 minute into it.
04:18
Copy 34 minute ETA.
04:20
To apartment let us go ahead and send them this way.
04:30
Keep 62 for MediC4.
04:32
We're going to go ahead and land area back here on the North Access Road.
04:35
Probably they're in front of a block pickup over here.
04:41
Copy, you're going to land them on the North Access Road.
04:45
Reese, did you get a couple guys to set up the winning zone? We appreciate it.
04:51
Just back to Marine Board, you copy that traffic.
04:57
Send here you back to the North Access Road of I-20 here by the leaking dust.
05:05
A minute,
05:07
2-4-medic, 4 we'll call the traffic.
05:13
4 will be the airing of brownwood.
05:21
Right there.
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10-4: Acknowledgment / Message received
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