Four-car head-on crash causes multiple injuries on FL-540


Audio|Source: Polk County Fire Rescue, Fire and EMS
02:14
Transcript:
RISB 5, NJ 5, V battalion 4, one vehicle crash at Thornton Hill Road and Highway 540 West, let's pack 7 at 1540. RISC 42. Rast 242. Notice are shown. Pullet says Union Charles consignment complete. Copy complete. 1340. I copy. We go and dispatch a second ambulance, please. Affirmary name. RESTU-35 backing up, Rescue 5 has suspected medical for a traffic accident, Thornt Hill Road and Highway 540 West, flood tax 7 at 1341. What is such? Tower 33. I have this for the call with heavy knife. Copy at 1341, tax 7. Fine. I just let you get out of sound of Thornton Hill in 540 accident. Copy. Tower 33. We're responding. Tower 33 responding. Vehicle crash, Thornthal Road in 540 West. They're advising two vehicles, correction, possibly four vehicles, head-on collision. Multiple injuries. One caller did advise that everyone appeared to be out of the vehicles. We're tagging for dispatch. I don't think we need Tower 33. I may have been dispatched by error. Copy. I'm not sure how that occurred. Tower 33, you copy? The heavy night at the time for Tower 33 and ourselves are doing some training. They're right behind us. I copy. Tower, you can be en route, non-emergency.
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Location mentioned:
FL-540 & Thornhill Rd, Florida 33880
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