Multi-car crash on eastbound I-196 near College Avenue, Grand Rapids MI
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TrafficA multi-car crash occurred on eastbound I-196 near College Avenue in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Emergency units responded and managed traffic by blocking the highway as needed. The crash involved two or three cars on both sides of the highway. A 90-year-old male with a history of congestive heart failure was reported vomiting and having difficulty breathing near Treeway Drive Northwest.
Audio|Heard on: Kent County Fire and EMS
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02:15
Transcript:
00:00
Med2 vehicle crash.
00:01
I-196 eastbound, east of College.
00:06
I-196 EB at College.
00:08
Respond on Channel 2.
00:18
It's part of medical monitors on a med1.
00:20
It's going to near Treeway Drive Northwest.
00:25
Near Treeway Drive Northwest.
00:28
Cross of Ingram Road for a 90-year-old male vomiting and just, it will be breathing.
00:33
Dispatch clear at 956.
00:44
245 it'll be on that one near Treeway Drive, on a 90-year-old male with congestive heart failure history, he's vomiting and having difficulty breathing.
01:16
Dispatch engine 3, we got, we're on the scene of two or three cars.
01:21
They're both on the left and right side of the highway.
01:25
Engine 3 will be checking things out.
01:30
Two, three cars are on the left and right side of the highway.
01:35
We'll be command of rescue.
01:38
Command which side do you want us to block rescue crew?
01:45
That's not just grand terminate, Calvoney Engine, 71 Clear.
01:53
Caledonia Engine 71 Clear at 959.
02:00
Excuse 2 from Engine 3, can you pull over to the right side of the highway to block that other car?
02:11
For you're right behind that pylon, I'd rather stay and block for you right here, that car's right later.
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I-196, Grand Rapids, MI
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