Vehicle flees crash near Hathaway Blvd, New Bedford MA
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TrafficAs discussed during the dispatch call, officers responded to a possible motor vehicle accident near Hathaway Boulevard involving a white Mercedes SUV that was struck by another vehicle, described as a white Ram 1500, which fled the scene. The Ram truck was later located at a business near Chalmers Avenue and Pathway. No injuries were confirmed at the time of the report.
Audio|Heard on: New Bedford Police, Fire and EMS
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03:13
Transcript:
00:00
Cat one, I stating ring near Hathaway Boulevard on an MVA[1].
00:04
Employee states a white Mercedes SUV was hit and there was a vehicle who fled.
00:10
It would be a white Ram 1500, fled north on Hathaway, possibly east on Potter Street.
00:18
Route 38 to control, you can give me a 23.
00:20
I'm about a minute out.
00:22
Copy.
00:29
23 and 35 as well.
00:32
Copy.
00:38
Control units responding to Hatlin to see if ice is going to be in Mass Jack for Delta Sierra Charlie (number withheld).
00:47
Comes back to a 2022 white Ram 1500.
00:57
Route 30, you can control.
00:58
You said it was a white Mercedes that got hit? SUV?
01:03
Affirmative.
01:09
Control to OC 15, restart.
01:15
Control to 13.
01:18
Received.
01:24
Well, 30 years of control.
01:28
38.
01:30
Do you happen to still have a call around the line? Outside, it's happening.
01:33
If we get a bunch of people here, but no one's flagging them down.
01:37
The caller is going to be an employee.
01:42
Ten four, I'll make my way inside.
01:46
Copy.
01:52
Route 30 control operator for two.
01:55
Five minutes.
01:58
You don't see the backfill?
02:02
Friend.
02:03
If you could just backfill through this tag, the vehicle that got hit, it's going to be mass tag (number withheld).
02:09
(number withheld) should come back to a white Mercedes.
02:13
Ten four.
02:19
Control to medic one.
02:23
Medic two.
02:32
It's going to be police headquarters, CRB.
02:35
It's going to be for a male complaining of back pain from an MVA[1] several years ago while at the hospital.
02:43
Received.
02:51
Route 32, move route 38.
02:59
Thirty-two, go ahead.
03:02
Control, I have that vehicle.
03:03
It's going to be at Cumberland Farms on Chalmers Ave and Pathway.
03:10
Copy. Thirty-five is going to be en route there.
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:
Hathaway Blvd, New Bedford, MA 02740
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