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Driver found unconscious after crash on US-101Santa Barbara CA

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US-101, Santa Barbara, CA

As discussed during the dispatch call, a single-vehicle collision occurred near the northbound Mission off-ramp of Highway 101 in Santa Barbara involving a white pickup truck that went into bushes and struck a retaining wall. Responding units found the driver unconscious but with a pulse. Emergency services closed lanes to conduct the response and investigation.

Audio|Heard on: Santa Barbara City Fire Dispatch
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02:48
Transcript:
00:00
All vehicles responding.
00:01
This will be the highway incident per CHP.
00:04
They requested a response for a vehicle accident with a white pickup truck into the bushes that hit the retaining wall.
00:21
71's on scene, single vehicle.
00:24
Just right before the 101 northbound Mission off ramp.
00:31
87 will be investigating.
00:41
Go ahead and block the number three lane, please.
00:51
Truck copies, we're blocking number three lane.
00:56
Engine 71 central copy, single vehicle before Mission off ramp investigating further.
01:00
Truck 71 blocking.
01:08
Correction, truck 71 blocking number two.
01:21
Truck 71 from Engine 71.
01:24
Go ahead.
01:29
Uh, can you guys go in for manpower? Driver is unconscious but has a pulse.
01:36
Copy. Do you need any additional equipment?
01:41
That's negative.
01:44
Truck 71, you can move closer to the scene if you want.
01:46
You on? I believe it must be.
01:51
Central copy.
01:57
Copy.
02:05
71, this is 73.
02:08
Go ahead for 71.
02:11
Information, I'm blocking up pretty much truck 71.
02:14
Go ahead and keep the call unless you need a lot of investigators or they don't know what to do.
02:22
That's 380, keep walking, thank you.
02:31
Show from truck 71.
02:36
Truck 71, go for 7.
02:39
This is a confirmed Code Blue.
02:42
Medics are on scene.
02:46
Central copies confirm Code Blue.

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