Single-vehicle accident with road blockage and injuries, Durham NC

Traffic

Reported: 11/12/2025 02:30 PM

Near W Chapel Hill St nc, Durham, NC 27701

A single-vehicle accident occurred near W Chapel Hill Street in Durham. Emergency medical services responded to multiple patients, including an unconscious person and a person with a sprained ankle. The accident blocked lanes, requiring road closure and vehicle movement for safety.

Audio|Source: Durham City Fire

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Transcript:

00:00

Squad 1 on team.

00:03

We have a one-car accident.

00:07

Squad 1 will investigate.

00:28

T.B3 is 9.9.9.9.

00:30

We will be down for 30 minutes.

00:33

Just FYI.

00:38

3.0.

00:42

104.

00:44

Yeah, I'll be that.

00:45

See when you get there.

00:52

You may come pick you up somewhere.

00:56

I'm heading down there now.

00:57

I was just collecting information to me this.

01:10

They need someone to block for the cars they have here.

01:18

Copy it. We're up.

01:30

Engine 2 from Engine 3, which is your location?

01:36

We just got on 147 south from...

01:47

Alright, I think we'll be ahead of you and we're getting on at Chapel Hill Street.

01:51

You guys can play.

01:59

Simple.

02:04

They're just the reason I'm saying.

02:11

Block it.

02:16

Yeah.

02:23

Hey,

02:24

Is that vehicle in the outside lane? Is it also involved? Do we need to shut the whole road down?

02:32

It is involved.

02:35

The patient is in the lane that we're blocking now with the cars in front of the EMS.

02:45

That car is unoccupied in the left lane in front of us.

02:49

There's an uninvolved car and a car that was involved.

02:56

Okay.

02:58

We'll block the whole road and move that car out of the way at least.

03:14

7amia.

03:20

I had a fine off 11.

03:23

I don't know what medic 6 is being dispatched to.

03:26

We have an unconscious person.

03:27

There's an injury from a fall, a sprained ankle, and potentially,

03:33

intoxication, not sure.

03:35

Those are the only calls here right now.

03:40

One more for a fall, then potentially one more.

03:46

Okay, so you've got yours.

03:48

Medic 6 will take the sprained ankle when they get there.

03:51

Medic 1 can stay en route for the other possible.

03:56

Medic 2 will stay clear, and hopefully no one else calls for an ambulance again.

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