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Homeless man resting beside wheelchair on roadsideCandler NC

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Smokey Park Hwy, Candler, NC 28715

Fire units responded to near Smoky Park Highway for a reported non-vehicle accident but found a homeless man resting beside his wheelchair with no medical emergency. They requested a deputy to ask him to move along.

Audio|Source: Buncombe County Fire
03:16
Transcript:
00:00
Station 10 District 2, NVA unknown, Smoky Park Highway.
00:08
Station 10 District 2, NVA unknown, near Smoky Park Highway, pass the dollar-free.
00:14
Station 10 District 2, First Response, Correction, NVA unknown, near Smoky Park Highway past the dollar-free.
00:21
Wiggins Road will be your cross street, beyond fireman at (number withheld).
00:27
May 18, 20, on scene.
00:33
Chief Teeners one.
00:36
Chief Ten.
00:38
Chief Ten.
00:42
Tom Chief Ten.
00:43
Chief Tim.
00:45
Angel one and two.
00:47
Tom Agent one or two.
00:52
G10 and engine 102 B5 they said when they originally drove by this that it looks like a car and then went back and they said maybe it was somebody in a wheelchair but they also thought it was a car again so I'm not a hundred percent sure exactly what this is.
01:07
okay copy that.
01:13
engine 102 in the area agio copy 25.
01:19
Regents are run.
01:22
Copy 310, 2057.
01:29
Tom's car 18,
01:30
confirming you to have an EMS unit round.
01:35
Turn it, EMS 6.
01:39
Copy that, thank you.
01:44
Call for 6.
01:51
I was just saying car 18 know that we should all in route to him.
01:59
Did you want to two communications?
02:02
Go ahead.
02:05
This is not going to be an NBA.
02:08
We'll advise you further in this minute.
02:11
I'll advise you further in just a minute.
02:18
Communications from 102.
02:21
Good.
02:26
This is going to be a homeless gentleman sleeping on the side of the road.
02:29
He's fine. We'll show all 1,000 years clear.
02:33
Okay.
02:37
Good day, calling.
02:38
Good. Good.
02:44
There's no emergency here, but you might want to send a deputy out here to tell this gentleman he needs to move on.
02:51
It's going to be a gentleman in a wheelchair on the side of the road.
02:54
He's laying in the grass beside his wheelchair, so it kind of looks like he fell out of it.
03:00
But there's no emergency.
03:02
He's just there.
03:07
Coming up.
03:12
Can show all 1,000 units clear sign and service.
03:15
Copy that to 100.

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Smokey Park Hwy, Candler, NC 28715
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