Vehicle crashes into tree on Interstate 81 at 65 mph, Bristol VA


A 72-year-old male vehicle driver crashed into a tree on Interstate 81 at around 65 mph. He was wearing a seatbelt and airbags deployed. He is awake and alert with minor injuries including abrasions to his collarbone, scalp, and hand.
Audio|Source: Washington County and Bristol City Public Safety
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Got a pleasant 72-year-old male as a restrained driver of a vehicle crash on Interstate 81. Patient reports the last thing he remembers is feeling dizzy. Went off the roadway, impacted a tree,
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estimated probably 65 miles an hour.
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Airbags did deploy.
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He was awake on the MS arrival.
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He's currently awake alert oriented time before. Got a GCS of 15, pupils or pearl, airway's patent.
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Breath sounds clear and equal bilaterally.
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Chest wall is stable. on Tender and does have an abrasion over his left collarbone.
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Attenance often on Tender pelvis is stable.
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He is moving off for extremities spontaneously.
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He denies any complaints at present that doesn't have a small abrasion to his scalp and also a small abrasion to his right posterior hand.
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Heart rate 77 appears to be a sinus rhythm.
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Did it do a 12-league looks to be a left metal branch block as well.
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Blood pressure is 1-5-2 over 6-9.
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Restorations are 14.
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STO2 is 96 on room air, blood sugar one point.
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We'll be there in about 10 minutes for a cold offload and do the mechanism I do recommend a Bravo comma.
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I-81, Bristol, VA
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