Vehicle crashes into pole and catches fire on River Road, Grand Traverse County MI
TrafficA vehicle crashed into a utility pole on River Road near East Bay Township. The vehicle caught fire and was fully engulfed. One pregnant female passenger was rescued and was conscious but lost consciousness briefly. Multiple power lines were down, causing the road to be closed in both directions. Authorities confirmed that she was the sole occupant of the vehicle.
Audio|Source: Traverse Bay Area Public Safety
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Transcript:
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240 East River,
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cross our River Bend near Slates.
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Near Out, River Road.
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Okay, clear.
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She'll take her nine in route.
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Tiger 9, get your mouth.
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Control, Metro Rescue One.
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Rescue One.
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Check that, it could be engine one. We're going to place to rescue one.
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Okay, get your number.
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Leelanah, Ranger 5 is in service.
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Copy Ranger 5, 0803.
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For responding units on River Road, have some conflicting reports here that there may possibly be another person inside of the vehicle that is on fire. One other person has been pulled out of the vehicle.
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Central can be Stantle 1.
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Central 239. Table 1.
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239.
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Do you put another ALS[1] unit?
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I'll be out on some follow-up break for the number.
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Kind of confirmed number of patients.
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Good. Clear, I'll start another ALS[1].
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11940, 11940. It's going to be an 880-person cell status.
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Quit.
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This is not a phone for me to say alpha-1.
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Long Munson, re-identifying, go ahead.
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Such as Paging Blair 5A, responding into East Bay Township in the area of 240 East River Road for a P.I.
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Priority 1.
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Multiple reports of a car that drove into a pole and is now on fire.
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Multiple callers reported. Conflicting reports, there may still be another person in the vehicle. One person has been pulled out of the vehicle.
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That's clear here 804.
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Oh,
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and then this is East Bay Alco.
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I know.
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Go on top.
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We are our way to a reported motor vehicle accident with a truck into a tree, people screaming, car on fire.
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We don't know any further. We'll update you when we get on peace.
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Copy that single vehicle as far as what you know right now.
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Affirmative.
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It is reported however that there are multiple people in the vehicle.
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Can we repeat that last thing you said?
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It'll be fully engulfed.
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Clear, fully engulfed.
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Affirmative one car, but we've reported that there are multiple people in the vehicle.
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Anvil 583. Okay, four-thousel.
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Cray. Clear.
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And they're out.
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Okay.
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Copy that, let me know as soon as you know anything more.
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Okay.
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Central 7592. You can show me out as well.
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Clear.
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And for responding units, law enforcement on scene, states, the vehicle is fully engulfed at this time.
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Take her nine copies.
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Central 702.
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7.02.
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Do you have any confirmation yet that everyone's out of the vehicle?
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970 are there still people inside?
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I thought we're checking with all I'm seeing right now.
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Say again.
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Is it Occupy still, or are they out?
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Trying to figure that out.
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Clear.
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702 is still in them.
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Go.
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Got the driver this vehicle down at 154 just to the west of the crashing.
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Clear.
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Central 7-0 we have a power company on the way yet.
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Dr. 34,
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can you roll medical this way? We're going to try get female laceration in the back of the night.
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Clear.
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A affirmative cherry land's already on the way.
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Central 232 copy the commercial alarm.
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It's going to be 1,200 West 11th Street, Stratory Estella.
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It's going to be kitchen motion alarm.
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I can get you back today.
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Central 73-4-94. We lost consciousness, Hunter.
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Clear.
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I'm going to tickle that again. I just want to get that first layer off.
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I'll check your license.
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Quick.
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10-4[2].
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And you just heading over there, go to west of it, where the trooper is, 73-94. He's got an unconscious, pregnant female now.
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Signage, Blair Captain the Grout. Head down River, west, east south.
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Blair captain got you down.
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We went all 45-19's at the office.
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Joey, Joey.
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Central, 7394.
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7394.
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Patients back. If you could roll medical to the driveway just to the west of the crash scene, that's the only access to this point.
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We are on the Southside railroad tracks.
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No,
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no, 2, Andrew 1, Maine.
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Clear on that.
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Good.
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Can she confirm if somebody else is in the vehicle?
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Are you going slides to river or are you going all the way down to river? Going all the way to river.
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Are you interviewed that?
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Okay, Kevin.
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Can she advise if somebody else is in the vehicle still?
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No, sir, Captain, on scene.
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She's all by yourself. Sing lock.
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Clear single occupant.
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All car, we've got multiple lines down, poles broke in half.
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I'll be advising on patience.
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Clear multiple lines downs, pole in half.
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65LT.
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Clear.
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Live wires on the ground level.
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And Medics to River Road, pregnant females are conscious again.
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They're going to be just west of the crash scene on the south side of the road by the railroad tracks.
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And she's stating that she was the sole occupant.
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Yeah, trail lines all the way.
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Great or Central, thanks.
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Central 232.
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Correct.
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And cancel a pro-arm. 93.
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Okay.
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3rd. Blair cap.
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All right,
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you're coming from the west there.
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There's going to be a guy that's going to shoot you down south across the tracks, and then you're going to come back to the east. We're on the road that parallels River Road with this email.
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Okay.
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Central 965.
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The responding ambulance needs to go down River Camp.
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It's a little driveway, and I'm going to mark where they need to be with my patrol car.
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5A3.
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5A3.
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Okay.
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There's a wooden sign at the road. Big white letters says River Camp.
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Clear? And it looks like my officer is going to be marking that driveway that you need to go down. Okay.
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It's going to be labeled as River Camp and White Letters.
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They found it, they're in the right spot. Perfect.
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Okay,
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from the officers here on the scene, confirm only one patient, only one patient.
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Clear one patient.
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Let's find only one tonight.
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Okay.
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Natural 702.
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702.
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Myself, Tanker Nine will be on the scene, River Road.
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Clear?
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We can get the pit.
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We're going to have River Road shut down.
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Clear, River Road shut down both directions.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
ALS: Advanced Life Support (paramedic-level medical response)
[2]
10-4: Acknowledgement / Message received
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E River Rd, East Bay Township, MI
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