Vehicles trapped under fallen tree on South Columbia Street


Radio audio reporting a fallen tree blocking all lanes of South Columbia Street at West Cameron Avenue. About four cars are trapped under the tree and emergency crews are being dispatched to assist and clear the road.
Audio|Source: Orange County Fire and EMS
04:2
Transcript:
Engine 31. South Columbia Street in West Cameron Avenue, Tritian Roadway. Engine 31, South Columbia Street in West Cameron Avenue. Hurry and roadway. Ups 2. Timeout 1857. 404 from communications comment. Communications Battalion 4 on off 2. Citing 4, go ahead. Tewisho Battalion 4 on scene. I need you to dispatch engine 35 to come up from the south side. I need you to dispatch F.R. 82 to assist. Direction, it's going to be Firewatch DG[1] alarm system. Okay, well, thank you. Yeah. Yeah. We're going to around. Engine 35, FR 82, South Columbia Street in West Cameron Avenue, Turtian Roadway. Engine 35, FR 82, South Columbia Street in West Cameron Avenue, Turtion Roadway, Ops 2[2], Timeout 1859[3]. Communications were time for. You sure battalion for a command of this scene. Right now, I count, well first of all, South Columbia Street is completely blocked all lanes. And I count four cars so far that are underneath this street. Engine 35-0. In 35 in route 1900. Italian T4 has demand. Cameron Road is closed, four vehicles under a tree.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Firewatch DG: Firewatch Duty Group (fire alarm system activation)
[2]
Ops 2: Operations Channel 2
[3]
Timeout 1859: Time of incident logged at 18:59
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Location mentioned:
W Cameron Ave & S Columbia St, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
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