Man attempts suicide with knife near Hickman Road, Urbandale IA
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Medical EmergencyEmergency responders attended to a 51-year-old man who attempted suicide using a utility knife near Hickman Road in Urbandale. The man was found on the floor and feeling weak. Police were on scene. The knife was reported to be in the kitchen area, but it was unclear if the man still had it with him.
Audio|Heard on: Westcom Fire and EMS Dispatch
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02:39
Transcript:
00:00
Urbandale Fire Department.
00:01
Ambulance 3.23.
00:03
Engine, 321.
00:05
Suicide attempt, near Hickman Road.
00:09
Urbandale Fire Department, ambulance 323.
00:13
Engine, 321.
00:14
Suicide attempt, near Hickman Road.
00:18
Cross streets are 78th Street and Canterbury Road.
00:23
Timeout, 1521.
00:29
Phaar.
00:49
Ladder 9.15.
00:52
Ambulance 433.
00:54
Sick person, 422, southeast Laurel Street, number 2.12.
00:59
Ladder, 9.15.
01:01
Ambulance 433.
01:03
Sick person, 422, South East Laurel Street.
01:07
Number 2.12.
01:08
Cross streets are Dartmoor Drive and Southeast Westgate Drive.
01:13
Timeout, 1521.
01:21
Westcom ambulance 433 en route.
01:27
Copy, got you first to emerge into 422 South East Laurel Street Department 212 on a sick person.
01:33
It's going to be for a 62-year-old female conscious and breathing is home alone.
01:40
433, copy.
01:43
Units in route to near Hickman Road Department 118 showing for a suicide attempt.
01:50
A 51-year-old male swiss risk with a utility knife.
01:53
Male on the floor feels weak.
01:55
PD is also in road.
01:59
323 copies.
02:05
Mr. Out, near Hickman Road, Department 118, be advised.
02:09
The RP is now no longer responding, so you can't talk.
02:17
323 copy.
02:23
Also, be advised, he did use a knife and said the knife is still in the kitchen with him on the floor,
02:29
unsure if he has it on himself at this time.
02:35
The two, three copies, thank you.
02:39
1525.
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Location mentioned:
Hickman Rd, Urbandale, IA 50322
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