Multiple vehicle accidents with possible injuries on highway, New Bedford MA
Multiple vehicle accidents occurred on 140 north near Hathaway Road. The first accident had no injuries or airbags deployed. A second accident involved several vehicles with possible injuries. Emergency responders requested up to four ambulances and worked to block off the road to prevent vehicles from passing through the accident scene. Vehicles merging onto 140 north were stopped to reduce further incidents. Some injured were ambulatory but needed medical evaluation. The road was partially closed for emergency response and traffic was redirected.
Audio|Source: New Bedford Police, Fire and EMS
06:18
Transcript:
00:00
It's got to be Cedar and North Street for an NBA, two vehicles, no injuries, no airbags.
00:05
Thank you.
00:12
Vehicles for St. Loop, engine one is following once they pick them up, they can return, put themselves back in service.
00:20
Lad of four, one on one, engine A got to be on Z.
00:27
Copy that unit two.
00:34
22 patrol.
00:37
22.
00:39
So I'm going to head back to Lai Street to relieve unit 26.
00:48
Count full.
00:55
Fire alarm from Unit 2.
01:00
Entering Unit 2.
01:02
Yeah, TELPD, we're going to need a couple more ambulances over here. We just have another MVA[1] on the northbound lane, multiple vehicles.
01:11
Aparaps corner there, check it out now. We need more ambulances.
01:17
Temperate here, too.
01:27
Fire alarm on. Tell PD to expedite the shutdown north at Hathaway Road. Do not let anybody come north. They're flying right by the scene.
01:42
Take a good copy.
01:44
Relating to PD in the moment.
01:48
More.
01:52
Apologies, Medic 2. Medic 4, yeah,
01:55
Medi 3 is reporting, and Medic 1 is yes.
01:59
So we need a medic 2.
02:02
Apologies, I stayed in Medic 4, it's going to be Medic 2. Just confirm we need to know if I'm medic 2.
02:11
Medic 1, that's confirmed you have another accident now on the marathon side of 140.
02:19
Receive, notifying minute, too.
02:27
Pt1, control.
02:30
P21. P2.
02:36
I arrived at H. Street, NML is 2.
02:40
Your time.
02:42
Copy.
02:57
Hi, alarm for Mention 1. Let me know we're going to hit a unit on Atbury Road near yesterday year, the blue-stop traffic.
03:07
I'm coming out 140 north.
03:10
I'll be not going to get over by yesterday year.
03:15
Fire alarm, Injur 1, Sadie, just started to leave one of the vehicles from Gia, they're heading in now. Fire alarm, give up to state,
03:21
CD.
03:22
We're going to reach out possible four ambulances at this location.
03:29
Copy, I received four ambulances at that location.
03:34
File at the portal eight.
03:39
I can show.
03:43
I'm going to get the tire out of here and some kind of the track is back up. We have to redirect somebody's over here already.
03:53
Okay, boy,
04:04
those people come from here. You have to re-break.
04:45
You're a two-ed-wheel portable.
04:47
We saw vehicles merge it onto 140 north from Hathbury Road. We were able to stop vehicles from that location.
04:57
I acknowledge.
04:59
Steve, driving over here,
05:01
the pose were able to get some phones out so that's down the one lane.
05:05
If you can't, please make your way back over here.
05:08
The next thing for the normal flight on this.
05:13
Hey,
05:14
dogs, making the way back to your location.
05:21
They think that it's going to be close to yesterday.
05:24
They do have state on scene trying to block off the street due to vehicles flying by unknown injuries at this time.
05:33
Good seat. And the address is 140 north and halfway road, correct?
05:41
Affirmative 140 north and aathaway road by the yesterday site query. Unit 2, this is fire alarm.
05:50
No, 2.
05:54
We're going to have medic two in route there to assist the situation along with multiple patrolmen trying to block off as much of that route as possible.
06:03
All right, copy that. I'll bring it into one else so we can use lighting.
06:06
As of right now in that second MBA, at least two ambulances.
06:12
The other four are ambulatory at this time.
06:16
They're just going to need to be checked out.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
MVA: Motor Vehicle Accident
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Location mentioned:
Near Hathaway Rd, New Bedford, MA 02746
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