Woman walking on railroad tracks in Cary prompts search, Cary NC
Emergency crews responded after a train stopped in time when a woman was seen walking on railroad tracks near Maynard Road and Chapel Hill Road in Cary, North Carolina. The woman climbed on the back of the train but continued on foot toward downtown. Police searched the area for her safety near Chapel Hill Road and Field Street.
Audio|Source: Wake County Fire
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Transcript:
00:00
Gary, did this call come in from Amtrak or CSX? Yes, sir, it came in from CSX.
00:06
Way down there, she used to get up with the conductor.
00:09
A copy of the investigation.
00:14
Okay, I'll have EMS set up medical here at the fire station as well, and we'll just stage until we can find anything further.
00:23
Copy, engine investigation, battalion command, EMS station.
00:31
Here, you have competing units on this call that can assist looking up and down.
00:37
You've advised CSX to shut down the tracks for now.
00:41
I've got a large handful coming out to you.
00:43
Looks like I have two pulling up at the Maynard Trowdom intersection.
00:48
Okay, if we get a supervisor here at command post, we could too.
00:55
W.C.1 is on 42.
00:57
Agent 2 alpha from Engine 2 Bravo.
01:02
Go ahead for investigations.
01:09
I think I'm cold.
01:11
You're going to have Medic.
01:12
Medic 902 about 9 minute ETLA.
01:16
Copy Medic 902.
01:22
So you're joining the engine 2 side of the tracks.
01:29
If you can get a PD officer to start at Maynard and the railroad tracks and working the way down towards station two, that'd be great too.
01:41
Ever.
01:52
Talking to the conductor, did have a female on the tracks, they were able to get the train stopped in time.
01:58
They did not hit her.
01:59
She has continued on down the tracks towards downtown.
02:07
Okay, and they confirmed they didn't hit her, huh?
02:11
That is permanent.
02:13
Conductor confirmed he did not hit her.
02:14
He was able to get stopped in time.
02:18
Carrey to engine 2, I heard your lot of traffic.
02:21
CSX is telling us that the individual is on top of the train at this time.
02:26
Can you confirm if that is correct?
02:32
Carrie, the conductor said that she did climb up the back of the train.
02:37
The engineer got her down and she proceeded on foot down the tracks towards downtown.
02:44
Stand for.
02:50
Investigations, do they have a description of the female for PD?
03:03
Go ahead.
03:07
Okay,
03:08
just confirm you got SHP en route out here.
03:15
Okay, we're notified.
03:16
I don't have an ETA.
03:19
Okay,
03:21
I couldn't copy your low volume.
03:22
Can you try again?
03:24
Okay, we're notified.
03:25
I don't have an ETA for you for a trooper though.
03:29
Okay, well.
03:34
This report copy.
03:38
I don't know just copies.
03:40
I know.
03:45
Vinoying copy going back in the service.
03:50
For one copies.
03:56
Command from WC1-1-4-2.
03:59
Go ahead.
04:01
Chief, is there anything I can do for you?
04:09
Not currently unless you just want to monitor.
04:11
We still do have a stop train on the tracks going inbound towards carry.
04:15
I don't know if there's any notifications there you need to make.
04:20
Copy. I'll just continue monitoring for you too.
04:30
Investigations to come in.
04:34
Go ahead.
04:37
PeeD. made me to go around the 8,000 block of Chapel Hill.
04:41
The conductor thinks she veered off the tracks and went through the woods heading that way.
04:46
So it would be around the 8,000 block, Chapel Hill.
04:52
Okay, Kerry, if you can relay that, I don't have an officer here at the command post with me yet.
05:00
Investigation was advising to have PD look around 8,000 block of Chapel Hill, 8,000 block of Chapel Hill.
05:08
I need to let PD know.
05:11
Copy Director, have one look around 8,000 Chapel Hill Road.
05:13
Copy Director.
05:18
Investigations, are y'all making your way back to your apparatus?
05:22
Yeah, affirmative.
05:23
And maybe like the end of Field Street somewhere in that area.
05:32
Okay, Carrey, possibly Field Street as well.
05:35
Copyright, did we have a better description? Let's come back to the command post and we'll kind of turn this over as a PD incident until we need it.
05:42
I understand.
05:43
Were we able to give a good description on her?
05:49
Investigations, can you say it again, please?
05:52
White female, about 5 foot 5,
05:56
dark jacket with a book bag,
05:58
lighter colored pants, either gray or white.
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