Rescue teams respond to medical emergency near river bridge, Hamilton County FL
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Emergency responders are coordinating a boat rescue for one patient near a river east of the 751 bridge in Hamilton County, Florida. The patient is located upriver and rescuers cannot access from the Suwannee County side. Coordination is ongoing to launch a boat and reach the patient safely.
Audio|Heard on: Hamilton County Dispatch
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01:35
Transcript:
00:00
They have out that you take the boat ramp.
00:08
54, where they are just east of the 751 bridge, right down from the boat ramp.
00:19
And they were downriver, correct, from the low rim?
00:24
They're going to be to the east.
00:29
I don't know if that's up or down.
00:31
I'm not sure about that.
00:38
Okay,
00:40
see you get them back on the phone.
00:42
That river is running east and west,
00:44
so east would be upriver.
00:47
Okay, they're upriver then.
00:50
I don't want to show Dennis's garage on scene.
00:55
Sure.
01:05
For the EMS.
01:06
A law enforcement advising there is just one patient.
01:09
It's going to be just one patient.
01:10
There was confusion with my original caller.
01:14
They are going to launch the boat down in there and have to get up to them.
01:18
They cannot approach them on the Suwannee County side.
01:21
Do you want us to continue having EMS for Suwannee come as well?
01:30
And it's confirmed one patient and then we don't need a suggestion we're in.
01:33
We still have about five minutes, so we're off the same.
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