Vehicle enters river on Highway 55 with injured occupant, Eagle ID


A vehicle went into the river near mile marker 79 on Highway 55 in Boise County. A person was swept downstream and is conscious with severe injuries including deep cuts and bleeding. Emergency responders are conducting a water rescue and the road is closed.
Audio|Source: Boise County Public Safety / Boise National Forest
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Transcript:
00:00
However, we're going to need something to try and get the water, or the body out of the water.
00:09
Copy out.
00:17
Sorry to bug you.
00:20
No text tone went out.
00:21
What is this call for?
00:27
For a vehicle in the water, 55 mile marker 79.
00:31
We also have a person that floated down river, so we're just asking for an agency assist on that.
00:37
I do have the pulled over there in a dark blue GMC four-door pickup.
00:42
I'm going to let my deputies know that as well, so I believe they locate...
00:48
So stand by at this time.
00:51
Good copy.
00:57
I have a witness that has pulled over.
01:01
They are in a four-door GMC dark blue pickup.
01:04
They state that they see the person that was floating about a half a mile from the accident site.
01:16
Topic confirming on GMC Zero.
01:20
She didn't state that, she just said a four-door dark blue pickup.
01:25
47 copy.
01:36
Idaho search and rescue for a possible water rescue and get availability.
01:45
Eighty-night.
01:47
Private also?
01:52
Also. Also.
01:55
Can you confirm if the vehicle in the water is north of bang for south?
02:02
Because it is one round north of the bank's loam and turn off.
02:09
I copy north, thank you.
02:13
Anyway.
02:18
They are in route from Boise.
02:21
I feel like ITD would be nice too.
02:31
34047 where you can just hop down and help with the highways
02:40
3734 where do you want to shut down at?
02:44
Capulous starting turning people around 780s to go with the where the cone's at let's just start it at banks the easiest way also goes also
03:02
I'm getting pulled at three floated down the river.
03:06
I got one with...
03:12
Going out north of the banks or south of banks?
03:16
It's just north of the light.
03:19
There's a speed limit sign on the southbound side.
03:23
Coach is right after that as you're coming north.
03:28
I'll be a break dispatch 47 show 31 on myself on scene.
03:33
On scene, 1810.
03:38
My apologies 47 on scene of the accident of where the vehicle is or the person?
03:45
This shows on scene.
03:53
47, 46, I'm dropping down from Alder Creek, so I'll help you up the highway when I get there.
04:01
Okay, Frank, 1821, 47, hallway 3.
04:06
Boise County Garden Valley 858.
04:09
Please.
04:14
Can you also contact Bear Valley and see if they can have a few other guys standby in the area of Bear Valley to, I'm sorry, in the area of banks with a rope to go to a patient?
04:38
473431 I got at the stoplight anything northbound shut down shut down.
04:44
Copy confirming everything from the northbound angle.
04:49
I got the northbound ring shut down.
04:50
I've got the northbound ring shut down.
04:54
All right. Thank you.
05:02
Four fire has been present and acknowledged, correct?
05:10
TENZ804. Four.
05:14
Four. Four.
05:16
Four is in route with two.
05:19
I'm being around with two.
05:25
34.
05:33
I have one conscious breathing patient.
05:38
He has severe lacerations to the thigh, left wrist, left the cuts everywhere, bleeding.
05:45
What's your location?
05:48
Grab him about 82.
05:59
3447.
06:05
5B,
06:08
804 on Holly 1.
06:09
804 on Holly 1.
06:12
4, go ahead.
06:16
Is Medic 1 without an EMG, if so, 80410 up there, and give patient care?
06:42
Converning your convict code freight correct?
06:46
Say that again.
06:50
The cone is going to be the position of a code frank, is that correct?
06:55
In the center of the river there are two rocks, triangle types.
07:00
You can see his arm floating just beneath the water between the rocks.
07:06
Yeah, I'm from there.
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Location mentioned:
Near ID-55, Eagle, ID 83616
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