Semi-truck rollover causes ammonia leak at park, Shelbyville IN
TrafficA semi-truck with a pressurized tank crashed and rolled near Morris Ave and Lee Blvd park. The crash caused an anhydrous ammonia leak, creating a white vapor cloud. Several soccer games were happening at the park and dozens of people reported chemical exposure needing medical help. Roads near Lee Boulevard and Morris Avenue were closed for safety. Emergency teams responded with multiple medics, fire control, and ambulance services. The truck driver left the scene uninjured. Authorities worked to control the chemical leak and manage the mass casualty incident.
Audio|Source: Shelby County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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Shelbyville 116, the units are clear on the dispatch for the city.
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Okay.
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County 34,
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24 and 22. Responding.
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Okay.
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32 and 52, go by the pickleball courts.
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Let's see what you can see there. Just don't go any closer than that until we get there.
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Myself in 140 are going up to the shed on Morris.
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152.
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Fire control, lighter choosing now.
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Claire, personnel responding. The advice were receiving a report to the semi hit the guardrail and came off with Interstate 74.
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Control Medic 5 is en route.
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Medic 5.
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Shelby County 1, 1076. Mr. 1.
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Shelby Bill 116, we are simulating closing Lee Boulevard near Walmart.
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Court clear.
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I'm going to follow these up this one of our county guys want to split off there.
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24 go down to the Lee entrance at the park. Ten four.
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All personnel responding receiving a report to white smoke coming from a semi and several soccer games going on at the park.
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Ladder 2 is clear.
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Is there only the one vehicle involved in the crash?
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That's the only information we've received at this time.
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You won't need to shut it down here.
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Are your S-pline simulated?
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Does anyone got a visual on that placard? There's placards on that?
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Green placard, one zero zero five.
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Repeat, green placard one zero five.
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I'm looking out.
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24 start getting those people out of the way over there.
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We're going to have to block Lee and Morris Avenue also.
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Fire control, lighter two is on the scene.
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One vehicle crash with a rollover appears to be a semi-tractor with a pressurized tank. We're going to be out investigating further.
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We're on Establish Lee Boulevard Command.
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24 to any fire units, we got medical.
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Here on the east end, at the entrance, I have probably 20 or 30 patients or so all gathered on me.
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The unit 416 Howard Street, 416 Howard Street, so while being checked on people.
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115.
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135.
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124th, clear. I just got out for gas.
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52 to go over where the fire department truck is, start making announcements on your PA for the soccer players and members to come over to your location.
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Control, Medic 5 is on C.
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Clear, Medics, 695, lot or 692, several patients reporting chemicals in their eyes and throat. Chemicals appear to be leaving the park area.
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Fire Control Battalion 691 is arriving, I'll be assuming Blue River Command.
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Can you get me a wind direction and wind speed? Okay.
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Fire Control, Medics, 993 is being around.
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Clear.
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Fire Control, MedicCpip is right.
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Clear.
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Fire control, engine 691 will be in route.
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Okay.
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Ladder 2 for Ben.
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Kapt 939. Myself and DC, I'll be 10-8[1].
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Commanders from ladder two.
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Shot by Pell, 1-5-55, 10-8[1].
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39.
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45.
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Can you get a visual on a placard and identify what's in it?
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1.15, 10, 23.
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Right. It's a white vapor cloud and it's 1,005. I think it's going to be in hydrosimonia.
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We need a separate talk group so we can communicate and get something set up and go in here.
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One fifteen, we did have an incident involving her last night. It's 1042. It was a possible 1096 issues as well.
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Command, clear. Control from command.
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Clear.
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Go ahead. I have your wind speed in direction when you're ready.
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Go ahead with that.
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I've been trying to reach out to, is this for the female?
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North, northwest, six miles per hour.
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The affirmative it is. It looks like she spoke with 136 last night with the family saying, but we have a call document that she spoke to this side of state police and then one of the screen field as well.
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Okay. Operations can go to ops number three, ops number three.
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All incoming operations will operate off of ops three.
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Engine 3 is now out. Engine 3.
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Control,
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medic 4 is on scene.
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Okay.
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Ladder 2, command.
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Command, 600 on Off 4.
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Go ahead, I'm on Ops 3 now.
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Okay, this is anhydrosimmonia.
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Are you going to set up a master stream to try to mitigate the cloud?
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Shelbyville 115.
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Go ahead.
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She is here.
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She's not really okay, but would like her father, if you call him back, let him know she is here.
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She seems to be fine, but she would like him to come pick her up. There's many crimes being committed in her home, including her cat being drugged.
06:29
Go ahead.
06:33
Negative. We're getting set up now. I'm going to back the ladder in. We're going to stretch an inch and three quarter and see if we can get to an emergency shutoff. I can't see exactly what's going on with the trailer yet.
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I'll let you know more once we're set up.
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I will need an engine company to lay a supply line,
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have them back in towards us from the...
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park area to a safe location and then it hand jacked the rest of the way out into the sunflower field back to the hydrant and then we'll bring the supply light from our truck and meet them out in the field to hook up.
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Command's clear. Engine wire, are you, Claire?
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Stay with her for just a minute. I was trying to get a hold of her yesterday and was never able to make contact. I need to speak with her if you can.
07:24
All right, we'll just stand by right here.
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Indy-691 is right? Innings 691 has the assignment.
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Hand-jacked from the hydrant,
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around the field.
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Command from medic 695.
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Shelbyville 110?
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One-10.
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600, 116.
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All medic crews approach from Morris Avenue into the first drive from the park and stage.
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I don't believe you'll receive any notice but here at the Preschool, I'm going to the Crane Girl.
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Command for Medic 5.
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Can you check on your traffic, please don't go ahead for 10.
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I do not believe you receive any notice. However,
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here at the preschool, we're going to do a code red drill.
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We're going to have 16 patients.
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Most are either going to be three hours as green or yellow.
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We're going to need multiple ways to transport these patients.
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Ten four.
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Command's clear. Medic 5, you will have triage.
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135-0, Howard.
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135. Medic 5's clear. Do you want us to have a different option, gentlemen?
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Negative.
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Antigate 3's driving.
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Shelbyville, 130.
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Command from latter two.
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The driver of the tractor is not available.
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He's not injured. He left the scene.
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So I don't have a patient here at the trailer. We just got to try to mitigate this leak.
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One thirty.
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Command's clear.
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Command 600.
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Clear from Blue River.
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We use the route to Salvation Army return properly.
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Go ahead.
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Clear.
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You want the incident command prox?
09:41
No, you can go ahead and start it.
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Click.
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Control command.
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Go ahead, command.
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124 is Clair from the Thompson.
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This is going to be a mass casualty incident.
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I need you to go ahead and start me Fountain Towns Ambulance, also Morristown's Ambulance.
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Contact Decatur County and Rush County to see what kind of support we can get from them as far as ALS trucks will be L.S.
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Also, I need major hospital contacts to see how many patients they can handle.
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124. Clear and all.
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Command from triage.
Police codes explained
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[1]
10-8: In service / Available for calls
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Location mentioned:
Morris Ave & Lee Blvd, Shelbyville, IN 46176
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