False medical alarm triggered at intersection, Killeen TX
Medical EmergencyA medical alarm was accidentally triggered near Saddle Ridge Dr and Powder River Dr. The patient, who recently left the hospital, was resting and did not need ambulance services. The alarm was likely set off by a fishing weight attached to the device, which is very sensitive.
Audio|Source: Killeen Police and Fire
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Transcript:
00:00
Senator Bielstein, you have an outside medical alarm.
00:07
...with the outside medical alarm, 2340.
00:10
Three or one, Senator.
00:16
You have traffic?
00:19
Three or one, Senator, I made contact with the patient.
00:22
He was in bed and sleep.
00:23
He said he just got out of the hospital, but he doesn't need an ambulance. He doesn't, not sick.
00:28
Everything's okay.
00:29
He can cancel ambulance at their discretion.
00:32
Do you know why he set the alarm off?
00:35
No, every other it just went on its own. It's got a big fishing weight on the end of it and it may have accidentally pulled it. It's just like a toggle switch, a light switch, and it may have set the alarm off sets it real sensitive.
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Location mentioned:
Saddle Ridge Dr & Powder River Dr, Killeen, TX 76549
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