Motor vehicle accident with injury on I-78 westbound, Union County NJ

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Reported: 10/30/2025 12:22 PM

I-78, New Jersey

A two-vehicle accident with injuries occurred on I-78 westbound near mile markers 52 over 1 and 52 over 2. One patient suffered lacerations caused by the airbag deployment. Emergency responders and police arrived at the scene promptly.

Audio|Source: Union County Fire Dispatch

03:59

Transcript:

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Stand by Station 3,

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Headquarters, for an accident with injury,

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about 78.

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Attention,

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station three, engine three,

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truck squad.

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You're responding out to 78 westbound.

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Between Mount Marcus 52 over 1 and 52 over 2, local lanes for motor vehicle accident with the injury,

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with air bag deployment,

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one patient with possible lacerations related to the airbag deployment.

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Timeout is 1525.

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Power engine.

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Engine number two.

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Received.

00:59

Fire motion.

01:08

Stand by rescue for signal eight.

01:17

Standby Rescue.

01:25

Attention rescue. Attention rescue makes you head in to 78 westbound local lanes between mile mark of 52 over 1 and 52 over 2 for motor vehicle accident with injury. One patient reporting lacerations related to the airbag deployment. Timeout is 1526.

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All right to see respond.

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The panel respond.

01:54

Questioner received an respond.

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The latter one central.

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That report from PD,

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was it e-phone?

02:14

It's calling westbound.

02:31

I didn't choose responding. I didn't choose responding.

02:41

Rescue, you can stand down, but EMS5 is going to take it.

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Rescue received, thank you.

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Ladder 1 respond with 708.

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I just do it all here.

03:43

Looks like you can get it from the flyover.

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It's just after a mile marker cookie,

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too.

03:55

Looks like a two vehicle NPA once gone around through the guardrail.

03:58

They police are already on scene.

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