Tandem glider crash leaves two patients unresponsive, Silver Creek GA
Medical EmergencyA tandem glider crashed near Burkhalter Rd in Silver Creek, Georgia. Two patients were found unresponsive at the scene. Emergency responders coordinated efforts to access the location for possible trauma rescue. The patients were located near the bottom of a bluff and required careful approach due to the terrain.
Audio|Source: Dade County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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This is going to be a tandem glider with two patients in it.
00:08
17 speakers, we have no movement out of either patient.
00:12
That's correct.
00:13
No, you business, Tim.
00:17
See, go ahead.
00:24
17. If you would, go ahead and start a second, get it at our location just for the chance of trauma.
00:31
You want to ask whoever is command on that if they want me to try to fly and see if I can at least get a visual on?
00:39
I'm clear.
00:41
I'm clear. Same about.
00:43
Dave, not that.
00:46
That is 7.9.O.C.
00:48
Clear than nine on scene.
00:51
At 08.
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08. Still no response from the glider.
01:00
I can't tell it to be easier to come up from the road or...
01:06
Tien, if you want to go ahead and come on up this way.
01:10
It would be easier to fly from the bottom or the top?
01:14
I'd be like 0.8 said it'd probably easier to fly through the bottom.
01:19
Okay.
01:22
Nice clear.
01:27
Say 20 a motion.
01:30
The ice clear on C.
01:36
Ten, you might have a little more room flying from the top.
01:43
Okay, okay.
01:45
Just tell me where you need me.
01:51
Yeah, come on here, because you can see it from here,
01:56
from the top.
01:58
Okay.
02:00
You get to jump off?
02:02
That's correct.
02:07
until we know further.
02:13
Date's clear. Medics 15 from Nate, you can cancel.
02:17
Clear. Where it's close?
02:20
Ten,
02:22
you'll be able to pretty much drop right off and hover down from right here.
02:30
He's got a fairly decent path between trees.
02:35
33 is on scene.
02:37
Clear on scene.
02:40
0812
02:45
08 Hey is there any way it'd be easier to get to them from the CQ cabin possibly
02:53
Truck 3 Truck 3 Truck 3
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Be on scene 301 a house Inicai Lake command
03:05
Yeah, they're like halfway between the top and the bottom.
03:08
And it looks like they might be on the ground, they're not in a tree, it doesn't look like.
03:11
I can't really tell from up here.
03:14
But you could get to them from the, from Burkaltter.
03:17
It's just going to be a hike.
03:18
Grouching.
03:21
Trenfell, I'm going to go up to the top there, the cabin, and see if I can get them,
03:26
let medics know.
03:28
Okay, medics are up here with us right now.
03:35
Well, I'm gonna come down there with you if I can't go in with you.
03:43
It's actually gonna be the driveway to near Burkhalter Rd. I'm going up. It looks like it's right below it.
03:49
Near Burkhalter Rd. Just before the cabin if you're coming down.
03:55
Okay, I'll be down there just a second.
04:01
08, just be advised that we'll be near Burkhalter Rd.
04:07
Okay, thank you.
04:10
8, 109.
04:13
109. Yeah, I'm seeing.
04:15
Clear on team.
04:17
One nine, one zero four.
04:24
Go ahead.
04:27
Are you in the long as fat?
04:33
That's clear.
04:38
Okay, leave me on 15.
04:44
I think that's 12 of them right there.
04:47
You're trying to walk him on foot?
04:49
Time clear.
04:54
They said they can see them here right above them.
05:05
Canning have a visual?
05:13
Rescue 8 from command.
05:15
Yeah, we do the hang glider down. It's probably about 40 feet.
05:21
Bottom of the bluff.
05:26
Rescue 8 from command.
05:29
Go ahead.
05:31
Okay, if he's that close to the bluff, we're going to come up there with y'all. That's going to be our best access.
05:38
We'll get right on the on the dirt area, so if you, Joe, okay, see me to anchor.
05:51
See you in from Jonah.
05:54
That's good, Blair, I'll be on the scene.
05:57
I'm gonna say get right there behind that Dodge truck behind me.
06:01
Clear.
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Location mentioned:
Near Burkhalter Rd, Silver Creek, GA 30173
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