Mini bike rider suffers severe head injury in collision, La Porte TX
TrafficA male rider on a mini bike was hit by a car near TX-146 and West Main St. He was thrown off the bike, hit his head on the curb, and is unconscious with severe head injury. Emergency medical teams are providing advanced care and preparing to airlift him from a nearby bridge.
Audio|Source: Matagorda County Public Safety
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Transcript:
00:00
Roger, left flight 2 and right your location approximately 3 to 4 minutes out, just requesting traffic, or excuse me, LZ[1] and patient info if you have it.
00:12
Receive.
00:13
LZ[1] is going to be, you're going to be on the east side of 146 on West Main.
00:20
There's a bridge on West Main. We're going to land you on a two-lane bridge.
00:25
It'll be marked by a fire department Tahoe and a fire truck.
00:32
The Tahoe will be directly underneath power lines.
00:35
The fire truck will just be blocking the roadway. You'll be landing on that bridge.
00:40
right over the water.
00:43
Patient info is going to be a male on a mini bike versus auto.
00:51
Patient was, I guess, ejected, hit his head on the curb. He is unconscious at this time. Severe head trauma.
00:58
They are doing RSI.
01:02
Okay, any idea? Patient wait. I believe we have you in sight just to your north. We'll be there about one minute.
01:09
Roughly 100 kilos.
01:14
Lightlight 2 got me. We can see you.
01:22
We're going to be just on your left hand side.
01:26
The accident's going to be underneath 146 in West Wing.
01:30
You're going to be coming straight at us right now.
01:33
All right, have you in sight to confirm you on the bridge adjacent to the fire truck, correct?
01:40
Yes, sir, just to the left of that fire truck, as you're looking at it right now, to the left of that fire truck over here towards the Tahoe.
01:48
All right, life flight two copies.
01:55
There are telephone lines that run on the south side of that bridge.
02:02
Lifelight, two copies.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
LZ: Landing Zone for helicopter operations
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Location mentioned:
TX-146 & W Main St, La Porte, TX 77571
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