Vehicle accident on southbound I-85 exit 40 ramp, Charlotte NC

Traffic

Reported: 09/04/2025 05:23 PM (PDT)

I-85, Charlotte, NC

Fire and medic units responded to a vehicle accident on the southbound exit 40 ramp of I-85 near North Graham Street. A minor was present and required child care assistance until family arrived. There was no contact with the reporting party.

Audio|Source: Charlotte and Mecklenburg County Fire

02:37

Transcript:

00:00

Engine 22, and Tower 18, MBA[1] medic hold, in the 4,400 block of South I-85 exit 40 ramp.

00:08

Engine 22 and Tower 18, MBA[1] medic hold in the 4,400 block of South I-85 exit 40 ramp.

00:15

Underlight 13.

00:16

Go ahead, along with.

00:17

You can cancel port p.D.

00:19

Copy. It will be available.

00:22

Temporated. Control 2024, holding with engine 35, rest, box.

00:25

Can clear. The company is responding to 85 southbound, exit 40, near North Graham Street.

00:34

This came from an auto crash notification.

00:36

No contact. I'm just going to copy.

00:38

Tanya 36, do you want me to clear?

00:39

We're clear, we're copy direct alarm.

00:41

Taylor's 36.

00:42

Please the alarm.

00:43

Engine 22 go ahead the ramp from southbound 85 is north france clear we're going to continue down at 85 south south of 2422.

00:57

Engine 10 alarm.

00:58

A. Detain go ahead. Can you have a CMPD unit respond out for child care until family can arrive?

01:04

104010, switch your traffic to have Fox Drive.

01:06

We're going northbound or south then and we're going to get off for you.

01:13

10-4[2]. 22, full arm.

01:16

Have anything further on this?

01:18

Negative engine, 22.

01:19

We travel southbound.

01:21

Sugar Creek to 77.

01:22

Got right key, traveling northbound off the direction.

01:24

See the most anything.

01:25

You have nothing further. We're going to clear.

01:26

24-22.

Police codes explained

The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:

[1]

MBA: Motor Vehicle Accident

[2]

10-4: Acknowledgement

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I-85, Charlotte, NC

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