Tire explosion injures man at garage in Benton

Heard on: Polk County Public Safety

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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About 7 min out from the West Polk landing zone.

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Let's see if he has a patient waiting.

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The info for us.

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Approximate 100 and eighty-five white male, forty-five years or forty-four year old male.

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He was using the tire applicator here at the garage.

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Whenever it exploded on him, the tire itself exploded on him, striking him into the upper right quadrant area as well as the genital area.

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He's got severe pain right now.

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Last pressure is 100 and eighty-eight over ninety-seven.

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Heart rate fifty-nine.

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Respiratory rate 18 to nine.

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And we'll see it probably.

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We're leaving here now, about maybe

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7 min . Restoring rate again, 24.

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Let's see, we'll see.

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We're

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out of here.

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28, 24.

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24.

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603 to Central.

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Six hundred and three.

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We'll be emergency to your landing zone.

2026-10-21 15:57 UTC

Medical Emergency

Benton, TN 37307

Tire explosion injures man at garage in Benton

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As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to a medical call at a garage in Benton, Tennessee, for a middle-aged man reportedly injured when a tire exploded while he was using a tire applicator, striking his upper right side and genital area. He was reported to have severe pain and abnormal vital signs, and medics were en route to a nearby landing zone.

Tire explosion injures man at garage in Benton

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