Man with broken leg rescued from woods near Mount Olive Church Road, Burke County NC

Medical Emergency

Reported: 11/19/2025 06:22 AM

Mt Olive Church Rd, North Carolina 28655

Emergency responders carried out a man with a broken leg from the woods near Mount Olive Church Road and Columbia Morris Road. The terrain was rough and required several people for the rescue.

Audio|Source: Burke County Public Safety

02:25

Transcript:

00:00

Go ahead and upgrade the crew to emergency traffic and alert my station for, uh, I got a carryout situation.

00:06

I've got a logger in the woods involving a cut tree and a broken leg.

00:10

Go out to have a carryout to get him out.

00:12

Stand for sir.

00:13

EMS[1] has already come in emergency response for 800.

00:27

4, road is fire, rode his first responders, airport road is road, Burke Street, NBC, unknown enters.

00:38

Crew 4, rode his fire, rode his first responders.

00:43

Airport, Road, hits, row, cross street, Burke Street,

00:46

NBC,

00:47

unknown injures, routine at the time.

00:49

Timeout, 0.9.43.

00:58

75 first responder 6.005, Mount Olive Church Road.

01:02

Cross Columbia Morris Road, traumatic injuries.

01:05

Press 75 brush 1, manpower needed, carryout.

01:14

75 first responder 6.005, Mount Olive Church Road, Cross Hill Road.

01:19

Traumatic injuries.

01:20

Manpower needed.

01:22

75 brush 1 for carryout.

01:23

Timeout, 924.

01:25

Time out, 924.

01:28

Where is 362 will be around?

01:33

I got some route.

01:37

That's one, go ahead and alert my fire department to come help, please.

01:41

Can you guys how long are the carryouts on me? 800 is a question.

01:48

I'm about 20 foot into the woods and it's kind of a little bit of rough terrain.

01:52

We're going to have to have five or six people to get him out.

02:03

75-5 Mount Olive Church Road across the filming Morris Road traumatic injuries carryout needed for 75 brush 1 on thing

02:15

75 fire 6005 Mount Olive Church Road cost you from me Morris Road traumatic injuries for 75 brush 1 on scene carryout needed manpower timeout 925

Police codes explained

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[1]

EMS: Emergency Medical Services

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