Truck accident with driver trapped near Candler Road, Dekalb County GA
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TrafficA truck crashed near Candler Road on Interstate 20 westbound in DeKalb County. The driver was trapped inside the unstable truck. Emergency responders were called to the scene to assist.
Audio|Heard on: DeKalb County Fire Rescue
Listen to dispatch call
05:7
Transcript:
00:00
Call from the fire to the scene, I got a driver that's trapped in the truck.
00:06
Do you need a door pop or they're actually trapped?
00:12
Well,
00:16
no.
00:21
The truck is unstable up on a concrete wall, so I need fire.
00:32
8-8 to 5-0.
00:35
6.0.
00:39
6.3 radio.
00:45
Go ahead.
00:48
What unit was that asking for assistance?
00:51
May I find zero.
00:58
Engine 14, Person Down, Interstate 20 Westbound before Wesley Chapel Road.
01:04
Engine 14, person down, Interstate 20 Westbound before Wesley Chapel Road.
01:14
Then try to respond to them.
01:16
That's uh,
01:18
I want you to give them to say negative 5.
01:24
14, clear responding.
01:26
It's a minute you need an assistant.
01:29
Open the door.
01:37
Hey, are you ready to us? Oh yeah, hey, hey, hey.
01:43
Is it I-20 left before Leslie Chapel or before Camden Road?
01:48
The North, um,
01:49
50 is on the Road.
01:52
So then wrong with IM 50?
01:55
10-4[1], we just like, we just passed Westy Chapel, we didn't keep going, we're going down, that I just want to come west.
02:07
So it's before Wesley Chapel.
02:12
It was no vehicle or no vehicles around that area.
02:17
The accident is right off of Canola Road, I-20 westbound, right off the exit.
02:28
Just forward to police me on the call.
02:31
With pithee, please.
02:36
Or, PD advisors no entrapment at the location.
02:44
I have my standards that were hit in an accident that's not involved with the state trooper incident.
02:51
I have an adult in the driver's seat of a Chevrolet pickup truck that we cannot access.
03:00
I'm clear on that.
03:01
We just wanted to know if we need to send a response and a tracking response or an engine can handle.
03:10
In the entrapment response.
03:19
Rescue 26 descent
03:25
Rescue 26 this such.
03:27
Rescue 26th.
03:30
Rescue 26 this such.
03:45
We're on Candler Road now.
03:47
We'll, um,
03:48
respond to Candler Road and I-20 will box for you.
03:55
For Rescue 26, I'm clear.
03:59
We'll be using Tag 3.
04:04
We'll copy Tech 3.
04:06
88. The Rescue 26 is going to take your call.
04:13
Seva.
04:24
EMS1, person down, interstate party westbound before Wesley Chapel Road.
04:29
EMS1, person down, interstate party westbound before Wesley Chapel Road.
04:40
Truck 20, Battalion Chief 3, Firetack 3, AMR 810, Advanced Medical 63,
04:48
Engine 20, Vehicle Accent, Entrapment, Candler Road, and Interstate 20 Westbound exit ramp.
04:54
Truck 20, Battalion Chief 3, Firetack 3, AMR 810, Advanced Medical 63, Engine 20, Vehicle Accent Entrapment, Candler Road, and Interstate 20 Westbound exit ramp.
Police codes explained
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment or affirmative—message received and understood.
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Candler Rd, Georgia
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