Rollover crash traps driver near Chemawa Road in Salem, Salem OR
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TrafficAccording to the dispatch call, a rollover crash near Chemawa Road NE in Salem left a driver trapped but conscious. The driver was stuck due to heavy damage on the driver side, and emergency services blocked roads for response and vehicle stabilization.
Audio|Heard on: Salem Police Dispatch
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02:46
Transcript:
00:00
2-567, I copy your dispatch on the crash open line near Chemawa Road NE.
00:07
The next round route.
00:13
262-9, you're finished having someone on the phone to be getting anything else, more patient.
00:23
262, I copy.
00:28
I'm out of the vehicle.
00:30
It's going to be a roll over crash.
00:34
X-ray November Victor 335.
00:40
Copy. Copy.
00:45
Check that and make sure it's not old.
00:47
There's kind of a lack of debris.
00:51
Disregard. I'm in contact with someone here.
00:55
Copy that.
00:57
This is going to be an entrapment.
00:59
He's going to be stuck.
01:00
He's against the ground, but I am in verbal contact with him.
01:04
He is conscious and alert.
01:08
If you can just GPS my car, I don't have a hard address here, but we're going to be on the south side of the roadway.
01:24
We're just going to need to probably block the road off on the south side,
01:28
just to keep traffic from interfering with fire when they get here.
01:35
Probably all coming from the west.
01:39
So we let fire know that they're going to need to shore this vehicle up so that it doesn't roll any further.
01:43
It's got heavy driver-side damage that's got him trapped in from his legs.
01:49
Like I said, he has alert, conscious and oriented.
01:52
Javi. Do you name scan, (name withheld), 42790s?
02:08
262, Ronimo is clear, valid, Adikizer.
02:20
366, I'm going to have eastbound traffic blocked here at Indian School.
02:29
Copy that.
02:35
Next unit, can you please block westbound traffic at Portland Road NE, just regarding vehicles driving through.
02:44
Here, for six o'clock on arriving, I'll do that.
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Location mentioned:
Chemawa Rd NE, Salem, OR 97305
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