Road closure and traffic delay near Jefferson and Greenwood, Westmoreland County PA
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Road ClosureTraffic is blocked near Jefferson and Greenwood due to a traffic incident with a low wire restricting truck access. Crews are en route to address the situation. Families of an accident victim were told it is unsafe to approach the scene. Emergency medical services responded to a separate call for an injured person with bleeding elbow.
Audio|Heard on: Westmoreland County Public Safety
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03:43
Transcript:
00:00
5004 is clearing Jefferson.
00:04
Receive.
00:09
I just got off the phone with West Penn.
00:12
They do have a crew en route.
00:14
They were advised to expedite.
00:16
They still provided the 30, you know, 45 minute estimated time of arrival.
00:23
This isn't 101 from Service 99.
00:27
Good.
00:30
We have traffic cones here at Greenwood and PA 56.
00:34
Do you have anything else on the scene?
00:37
Negative.
00:38
You're going to have a couple cars coming up there stuck in the backlog here.
00:46
Just in 101 to service 101.
00:51
Go ahead.
00:53
Are you sufficient with what you have down there blocking a road off for now? 10-4[1].
01:02
Receive.
01:07
Service 101 to assistant 101.
01:13
Good.
01:17
I got family members here of the gentleman in the accident and they would like to come down.
01:26
Negative, not at this time, it seems unsafe.
01:32
Copy.
01:37
Very, Erwin, EMS,
01:39
responding,
01:40
704, Pennsylvania Avenue.
01:43
75-year-old female for fall, filling street.
01:48
Elbow injury.
01:49
The elbow injury patient is bleeding.
02:01
This year where we had a call for hazardous road conditions on White Cloud, I already notified PennDoc.
02:14
Zero.
02:16
Received.
02:19
On 523 on scene 1610.
02:21
Medi QA-2O-2N-ROT is 1612.
02:32
Sister 101, somebody went around me.
02:37
That's fine.
02:38
D.D. You'll get them.
02:39
They're sitting over there.
02:42
Two of them did.
02:48
Every 106 County.
02:54
Control check waits for our treatment plan.
03:01
1613.
03:03
And once 2.26 on scene, 1613.
03:14
First 99, assistant 101.
03:20
Good.
03:22
A resident advised 403-4 Greenwood, the wire is low there as well, so no truck traffic can go that direction.
03:34
Received.
03:36
Service 101, did you copy that?
03:42
Copy.
Police codes explained
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment or affirmation that a message was received and understood.
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Location mentioned:
PA-56 & Greenwood Rd, Allegheny Township, PA 15068
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