False alarm sparks response on highway 29 near Gretna, Gretna VA
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Emergency units rushed to a reported crash on US Highway 29 near Gretna with calls of a falling cell phone, but found no accident upon arrival.
Audio|Heard on: Pittsylvania County Public Safety
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02:7
Transcript:
00:00
Ticom station 31 Squad 1 Motor Vehicle Crash notification
00:24
near 34,000 block of U.S.
00:27
Highway 29 again station 31 squad one
00:34
sick I made one medical we got
00:43
click on command 31
00:52
I'll be a rep.
00:53
You'll say which one of them?
00:54
Yep.
01:00
Rob.
01:01
Top in May morning, Ralph.
01:07
Command 31,
01:10
Medic 1.
01:12
Calling advice, you can hear traffic going by, I'm not sure it's a cell phone that's falling in the roadway.
01:18
What's going on? We haven't received any other calls about it.
01:23
It's actually plotting at 34069 U.S.
01:30
Highway 29.
01:33
See, Com, Recruiting 3-11.
01:38
Rescue Agent 311.
01:44
You can show us a route.
01:47
Kauff respond.
01:53
Tom, Medical One.
01:55
Medical.
02:00
We've made it up to Derby.
02:01
It's unfounded.
02:04
Yeah, well, I'm founded.
02:06
Command 31 you got.
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Location mentioned:
US-29, Gretna, VA 24557
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