Man rear-ended on highway suffers minor injuries, Polk County NC


A 68-year-old man was rear-ended while driving on Highway 72 in Polk County, NC. He experienced lower back pain, mild chest pain, and elevated blood pressure but was breathing normally and conscious. Emergency medical services are en route to the scene.
Audio|Source: Polk County Sheriff, Fire, and EMS
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Transcript:
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The vehicle is probably going around 15 to 20 miles an hour when you got rear-ended.
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We're in orientated times warm,
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just having a repeated quote saying somebody hit him, somebody hit him,
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breathing at 16 times per minute, highway 72, gentlemen on the monitor, 15pbpcd.
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2-156, noon.
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Yeah, by D156.
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The initial is almost not a shooter in where the BBC's north of each other than it. Right now, you can have a complaint of lower back pain with some light,
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uh,
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chest,
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enter your chest pain. It would be taken with 144 over 109.
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The future was 94,
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109 at this time.
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It was 99% of the max.
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It is approximately three minutes required further before we arrive at the show.
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What was the patient's age?
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He's 68 years old.
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Yeah. Room and Simon on the arrival, ready to clear.
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