Two-vehicle collision with children on board in Springfield, Springfield MA


A traffic accident occurred at Eastern Avenue and Quincy Street involving an SUV and a school van carrying seven children. Minor injuries were reported in the SUV, and no one was seriously hurt. Ambulance and police units are present at the scene.
Audio|Source: Springfield Fire
02:35
Transcript:
00:00
Command 2. Engine 8.
00:02
Respond to Eastern Avenue and Quincy Street. Accident.
00:11
Truck 1 to Engine 1.
00:15
Gulf Engine 1.
00:21
Do you make favor, swing the block and check warden street side.
00:26
There should be a red door on your right-hand side that's adjacent to the parking garage.
00:30
See if you can find that address.
00:31
Or the lowest number we're getting is like 170 bridge.
00:37
Engine 8 is by alarm. We request engine 8 on-scene,
00:42
two-car-M-V-A up to follow.
00:46
Received the engine 8, you're on scene, two-car MVA[1] update to follow.
00:52
Truck on the car, alarm. The car alarm is not a good truck one.
01:00
Did you hold every front of the alarm?
01:05
Truck One, that's a negative.
01:07
They said it was (number withheld) Bridge Street and it was West Rock and it was coming in for a Zone 1 water flow.
01:16
That's affirmative. I saw the notes.
01:19
The lowest number we have here is (number withheld) Bridge Street.
01:22
The panel's all reading green.
01:24
We're walking the entire block right now but those looks like that address is just here anyway.
01:30
Oh, Reesie, let me, I'm going to give the private alarm company a call that.
01:40
(name withheld).
01:42
The alarm is not going to engineer.
01:47
Just an update, yeah, two vehicles,
01:50
NVA,
01:53
SUV versus a school van,
01:58
seven kids on board,
02:00
none are hers, drivers did not hurt,
02:04
minor injuries in the SUV.
02:08
AMR also on scene.
02:11
Receive, that's going to be a two-car NVA SUV versus a school van, no injuries, AMRs on scene.
02:30
Lose again as well,
02:31
and PD[2] is also on scene now.
02:34
Receive, PD[2] is also on scene.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
MVA: Motor Vehicle Accident
[2]
PD: Police Department
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Location mentioned:
Eastern Ave & Quincy St, Springfield, MA 01109
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