Vehicle sinks in water near county road intersection, Douglas County MN
TrafficA vehicle went off the road near South Rachel Road and County Road 26 and sank in water. Emergency responders coordinated a rescue using shallow water gear and an airboat. The vehicle is now out of the water and the person involved is warm with no injuries reported.
Audio|Source: Douglas County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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You're needed for a vehicle that went off the road and is sinking in the water.
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South Rachel Drive, County Road 26.
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Use DG2 for communications, Douglas clear at 342.
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402.
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407, Douglas.
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Can you page partners to the Eltona accident? We are the only truck in town and we'll be responding to that home city.
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Call.
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Go on.
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Just west of South Rachel Drive on County Road 26.
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As you are, Highway 29, mile marker 954A, Chrysler,
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Flint's the Ditch,
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no injuries.
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5-6 Detroit, do you open up ANOA and out Douglas County for a vehicle in the water?
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Find the information from them, please.
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Go ahead. Okay,
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I can't get through to STO, so I'm gonna do that on the CARS app.
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What's that route? What route is that 94 west there from the 15 in?
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That'd be TP4B,
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942.
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942 copies, thanks.
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Is anyone at the office to help 220?
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22nd Broadway, Lincoln, Lincoln, Adam, 186.
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Did you say airboat?
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Ten-four.
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I don't think no flying next to a little thing.
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I don't know.
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I can ask, I guess.
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With the shallower, thin ice gear and it's hooked on a boat, you'll just need to throw on a couple Mustang suits, but I'm by Jim and Judy's now.
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Turnpire.
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Turnpire.
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I'm going to have to get here and saw one of you guys back there.
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That way right now, we just got this one pulled out, they just got to load it up.
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With the truck, I'm just pulling up.
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7'4.
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115 Douglas Andrea.
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15.0215.
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115.
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Correction, it's just going to be a vehicle in the ditch, and I need a tow for a pull-out when you get a chance.
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10-4[1]. Give me the location one more time.
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22nd in Broadway.
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going to have to try to find a route to go north into water building here.
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We can run with you with the airboat.
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I'm going to actually take this truck and get going with the shallow stuff if you want to grab the airboat just so we can get something going.
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fires on an ETA.
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Negative.
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The units, if I get out the radio quick.
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He's got his, the car's done sinking, he's got his back to the wind,
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staying fairly warm.
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He thinks he could get a flat bottom boat in there to get him.
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Respond to the call on 26 and Rachel.
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He's going to be in a swamp just to the west of that.
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You won't be able to get through him.
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He is warm and content at this point.
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The car is done sinking.
Police codes explained
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10-4: Acknowledgement (OK / Message received)
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Location mentioned:
County Rd 26 SW & S Rachel Rd SW, Holmes City Township, MN 56327
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