False iPhone crash alert on I-690 westbound near mile 10, Onondaga County NY

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Reported: 10/27/2025 03:19 PM

I-690, New York

An automated iPhone crash detection alert was received for westbound I-690 near mile marker 10.1. Emergency responders searched the area thoroughly but found no accident or victims. The call was closed as unfounded after confirming no incident occurred.

Audio|Source: Onondaga County Fire & EMS

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Transcript:

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This is 79[1] possible.

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Westbound 690 near Mile Marker 10.1.

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NGAC3. 79[1]0 possible iPhone crash detection.

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Westbound 690.

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Near a mile marker 10.1.

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Lakeside Radio is a 79[1] funnel.

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It's going to westbound 690,

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between 695 and State Fair Boulevard.

00:33

It's near a mile mark 10.1.

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It's for Lakeside Rescue. It's an automated message and iPhone has been involved in a crash.

00:40

No contact with the caller at (number withheld).

00:45

GBSC3, seven-day possible iPhone crash detection, westbound 690, in the area mile marker 10.1,

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west of the 695 interchange.

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It's an open line of iPhone crash detection. Just the one call.

01:03

It's Lakeside Fire District (number withheld).

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Lakeside car one just morning.

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Lakeside car one in row.

01:19

All right says on the way.

01:23

Next side squad responding.

01:29

Power squad is there too.

01:32

Go ahead, Chief.

01:38

Yeah, I'm just coming up at 10.1 right now in the West. So far nothing, probably a drop phone.

01:43

I got out of Danny Ellis.

01:46

Copy.

01:50

Barnard's all a leg side growing.

01:56

Nothing on the westbound from 10.1 to 9.1, you got to close it.

02:01

All right, Steve, closing the call for Lakeside is (number withheld).

Police codes explained

The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:

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79: Motor vehicle accident, including incidents involving hit and run.

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