Multi vehicle crash with lane closure on Howard St, Kalamazoo MI
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TrafficA multi vehicle crash occurred on eastbound lanes near Howard St and Stadium Dr in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The crash caused heavy front and side damage to vehicles and required debris removal and lane closures. Emergency responders are extracting two people from the scene and managing traffic.
Audio|Heard on: Kalamazoo City, Township and County Fire Dispatch
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03:28
Transcript:
00:00
Trusted command.
00:02
Go ahead.
00:06
You still want eastbound lane?
00:13
Yeah, I'm going to need further down eastbound taking care for just a minute so we can figure out our debris situation here.
00:23
All right, you know, there's a block to the call for all rambling?
00:26
Yeah.
00:28
Hi, I was. Back then, wind.
00:31
Engine 7 to Truck 6, I can grab that if you want.
00:38
We're good.
00:39
Hey, truck 6, if you can just block our inside lane, our northern lane, and we'll leave the eastbound south lane, good.
00:52
Culeuleulele 41 on Tenth, A.m.
00:55
541 Trayon, Tate.
01:01
12 to 70.
01:04
70 on fire.
01:13
We are leaving the southernmost eastbound lane open, correct?
01:19
That's correct.
01:21
10-4[1], if you're all right with that, I'm going to start sending cars through.
01:27
Let's let the, if you can hold off for a minute, let me get the truck situated and then we should be good.
01:33
10-4[1].
01:39
Truck fix whenever you're set,
01:41
just to let 12-0.
01:44
70.
02:01
Do you have squads coming to our location or are they still tied up?
02:07
Yeah, squads are still tied up on the cardiacs elevator.
02:15
Okay, we have a situation for removal of an individual.
02:20
We're going to need a bit of extrication conducted.
02:29
Just batch squads got six.
02:33
L6.
02:37
L6, what's your ETA being clear on that?
02:42
We're still trying to extract two people from it.
02:45
Maybe a few minutes still.
02:46
Three five got chants.
02:52
We're good.
02:53
We got everything figured out.
02:54
I got Vaynerberg and DeWall all over it, around it and through it.
02:58
Yeah.
03:03
Two fire.
03:05
16.
03:11
Yeah, we'll meet two McDonald's, both are all wheel drive vehicles,
03:16
heavy front end and heavy side damage.
03:19
Okay, back with that.
03:25
Engine 7 to City, I'm at Stadium and Howard blocking traffic.
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10-4: Acknowledgement / Message received
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Location mentioned:
Howard St & Stadium Dr, Kalamazoo, MI 49008
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