Multiple vehicle crash on I-35 with fire and injuries, Dallas County IA


A multi-vehicle accident occurred on I-35 southbound near Iowa with a wrong-way driver. One vehicle caught fire and there is heavy damage to the cars involved. Several people were injured, with up to eight requiring extrication from the wreckage.
Audio|Source: Polk County, Dallas County, and Warren County Public Safety and ISP
08:28
Transcript:
00:00
Any unit's responding to the accident near 87.3 of I-35 southbound.
00:06
Be advised officers are that way stated to wary of your speed on I-35 and it's heavy fogs.
00:30
8035 Eastbound,
00:33
Miritz Offrand,
00:35
Minnesota Played, Zebrae David, Sam, (number withheld), VDS, (number withheld), Silver Toyota, Proof.
00:44
Copy?
00:49
She was involved in one of the cases we arrested downtown.
01:02
Engine 121 sounds like we have one vehicle on fire and there's going to be executions shared for the same one.
01:16
Dispatch.
01:18
Run so many another suppression unit and eight notes for Hesel.
01:24
Copy that, we'll get another suppression units.
01:33
Can I get one of you on? Chalry?
01:37
Chalmers.
01:42
So, um, one vehicle was going the wrong way.
01:46
They did go head on, up to possible eight injuries, nobody unseen yet.
01:51
Pope County and Anthony en route as well.
01:58
All right, 333, you can show us in now.
02:04
You guys are just asking about Chris and Williams over the radio?
02:10
Yeah, I do believe so.
02:15
Response 3.
02:16
Timeout, (number withheld).
02:28
Three patients up to eight though.
02:30
Sounds like one vehicle clocked on fire.
02:36
Copy.
02:42
696 has one dropped on the passenger side.
02:48
I mean, intoxicated,
02:51
and the victim of an assault downtown.
02:56
I actually thought that as her husband, but it might have just been...
03:01
Someone else, who's calling to ask about her?
03:05
Oh, she's saying it's a husband.
03:08
Ah, stand by.
03:13
I have people crying and bleeding in the right side of the ditch here.
03:21
Three total vehicles, heavy damage, all of them.
03:26
Good.
03:31
One's the rise.
03:32
We'll pick the engine, go one right here, I hope you.
03:38
50 copy of trip.
03:42
Go ahead. Correspondment threat pass.
03:46
(number withheld) Grand Avenue, apartment 7, meeting with a Virginia.
03:50
Interim.
03:55
4.53.
03:59
2628, checking your status?
04:02
Sure.
04:04
Copy.
04:09
Fire is on saying inbound any APD units can slow down.
04:18
You had 330 to that, uh, uh,
04:22
no recall, she'll be in route.
04:34
46 Leslie, I'm sorry, Mary Paul 476.
04:41
146, drop in your plate.
04:44
Go ahead.
04:54
This is going to be a prolonged extrication.
04:58
You've got very heavy damage in the passenger compartment area.
05:03
Also, we need that second ambulance response three.
05:08
The pregnancy and other vehicles is that's it too.
05:13
Okay. I've got two more government.
05:15
Delaware's been dispatched and save what I believe.
05:18
Do we need for him? This is not.
05:25
Can have you.
05:26
This 2628 on a traffic stop IA.
05:29
35 eastbound to Meredith Hoffram.
05:33
Copy Lvino.
05:35
465, thank you.
05:44
The one has a non-compliant window.
05:50
14 to 6, we have more injured anywhere or any other calls of injuries.
06:01
Ambulance 113.
06:03
Respond with others.
06:04
Motor vehicle collision.
06:06
Respond on firetack 1.8.7.3.
06:09
Interest 835 southbound.
06:11
Response 3.
06:12
Timeout. (number withheld).
06:19
Go ahead.
06:23
I don't know if you're en route, but there's plenty of officers here.
06:29
You can either slow down or 22, probably.
06:36
Captain,
06:38
Des Moines, 27, 28, 22.
06:50
Go ahead.
06:53
Do you get any exact analogy?
07:04
146 says one outstanding from the wrong waker.
07:13
She said she did not have anyone by that name.
07:15
She suggested I try the assistant living portion and I could not get through to anybody there.
07:23
Description or a possible direction to travel on this one that's not standing.
07:28
No, we have no idea.
07:31
When I showed up, no one was in the driver's seat before in the passenger seat.
07:40
Bobby, no description on your arrival, there was just one in the passenger scene.
07:46
I'm guessing a heavily injured person, unknown male or female.
07:53
Stop for me.
07:56
Looking at (number withheld) East lacona, (number withheld) Eastlona, return trip, they callback, looking for Samuel, Correa.
08:05
Back for the caller that he was in trouble and drives a Chevy Silverado.
08:10
That's how out of camera.
08:13
You're doing at 4-510.
08:19
Those vehicles while we were down there, but I lied that way.
08:25
Thank you.
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I-35, Iowa
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