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Unoccupied Tesla rolls over on westbound I-696 near Southfield, Birmingham MI

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Southfield Rd i, Birmingham, MI 48009

An unoccupied Tesla vehicle rolled over on westbound I-696 near Southfield Road in Birmingham. The airbags deployed and the vehicle landed upright with doors open. No occupants were seen at the scene.

Audio|Heard on: Oakland County Fire/EMS MABAS 3202 (South/Oakway) - Dispatch/Tac/Talk (P25)
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01:39
Transcript:
00:00
To station one and engine 5.
00:02
Station 1station 1station 5thus position on the freeway.
00:07
You're going to get on westbound 696 Greenfield.
00:12
You'll be going to westbound 696 and Southfield just past the overpass looking for a Tesla.
00:23
Airbags deployed.
00:25
Looks like it rolled over and landed back upright.
00:28
The doors are open and one caller didn't see any occupants.
00:33
Just the one call up on the passenger by and MSP has been advised.
00:55
I didn't know for a mutual responding.
01:04
Negative. Negative, not sure what the need for that would be right now.
01:09
We just have one call again on an unoccupied vehicle through our caller that looked like it rolled.
01:15
It landed back upright and the doors are open.
01:20
Radio will be heading down to Woodward ramp.
01:24
It is westbound at Southfield.
01:26
You're going to have to get on westbound from Greenfield to get to it.
01:32
That's all shut down, so we will go to Edwards.
01:36
Okay, we were under the impression it was open for emergency access.

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Southfield Rd i, Birmingham, MI 48009

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Incident Timeline

  1. Ramp Closure and Continued Monitoring
  2. Vehicle Confirmed Unoccupied
  3. No Occupants Observed
  4. Airbags Deployed and Vehicle Condition
  5. Initial Report of Rollover

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