Vehicle rescued from embankment floodwater in Newport, Newport TN
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TrafficA vehicle went off the embankment near Overhill Road in Newport, Tennessee. County fire, EMS, and law enforcement responded to rescue a person and a dog from the vehicle. The scene was cleared after the rescue.
Audio|Heard on: Cocke County Sheriff, Fire, and EMS, Newport Police and Fire
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06:5
Transcript:
00:00
County fire, cause the fire, Newport rescue, floodwater rescue, get you en route,
00:04
Overhill Road, Overhill Road, and he's got a vehicle off in the creek unknown if occupied.
00:21
County fire engine 7.5-1827.
00:27
17.
00:29
72 bent route, T.O.V.
00:38
Central. Copy, 72, 1826.
00:48
18104.
00:54
Copy 18104.
00:57
Central Sierra 3 is en route, county fire.
01:01
1827.
01:03
Whiskey 1 response.
01:05
With you on response.
01:19
Zero two responding.
01:23
1820. 1820.
01:31
Central who know if there's in the end trap.
01:35
No, no, no.
01:36
Occupied. Uh,
01:40
ten, nine, tell.
01:43
Unknown at this time.
01:46
Copy that. County fires four minutes out.
01:52
I'll let you know on a row.
02:00
Two.
02:04
We're 1820.
02:21
Law enforcement on scene as high vehicles not in the waterway, just off the embankment there, not in the waterway.
02:29
Not in the waterway.
02:33
For their injuries or entrapment.
02:37
Stand by working on getting around.
02:38
Swiftwater turn signal not.
02:44
301, I copy you, Whiskey 1, Signal 9, Swiftwater.
03:03
Zero two back in service.
03:06
Copy.
03:10
Central patients out of the vehicle working on the dog out of the vehicle now.
03:16
Go County Fire Engine 7, zone scene.
03:21
Got me, sorry.
03:22
1831.
03:30
Engine 7, this is 610.
03:33
Do you all need me to continue or return in service?
03:37
Return in service?
03:40
Copy that.
03:48
93, 911 traffic, MBA.
03:53
NBA.
03:55
18941 traffic, MBA.
04:05
Go ahead.
04:07
Then they continue to get the truck.
04:09
Come PLV or we need to.
04:12
And whatever you want to do, I don't think we need the truck.
04:15
I'm telling companies here, we're going to pull her out here in just a second.
04:23
Come on to you, POV.
04:31
Engine 719-0.
04:37
Go ahead. Walt, do you still need us here?
04:45
Come again.
04:48
Do you still need us here?
04:51
Stand by for just a second and let the tow truck hook up to this.
04:54
We'll make sure that they're good, but I say we're good.
05:02
We're en route at 1834 to the area of 121 and 131 Overhill road.
05:10
Again, that is in between 121 and 131 Overhill Road.
05:15
For Central, we have a 1046 vehicle off the embankment.
05:21
Law enforcement and swiftwater is on scene.
05:23
Stand by for that run number.
05:32
That right number is going to be 7740-740.
05:46
Okay.
05:53
This is County Fire Engine 7. This is County Fire Engine 7.
05:56
Go ahead.
05:59
Central Show County Fire back in service.
06:04
1835.
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Location mentioned:
Overhill Rd, Newport, TN 37821
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