Unconfirmed iPhone crash alert near 1st and Railway

Heard on: Shelby County IA Fire-Tac

00:58

This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

00:00

Has there been any response to the accident in town?

00:03

Negative, I don't have any eyes on it.

00:04

It's a crash detection from an iPhone and I've called it back multiple times and now it's going straight to voicemail.

00:11

So it's an unknown crash detection accident and I have no eyes on it right now.

00:17

Earling, this is Shelby County.

00:19

Go ahead.

00:20

I'm on the street in a personal vehicle, not seeing any cars.

00:24

Is there anything here? Can you just confirm if you have a block?

00:29

It's hanging right by First Street and Railway Street.

00:33

First Street and Railway, so right in front of (number withheld) Railway.

00:38

10-4, we're not seeing anything, but stand by here and we'll take a few more laps around.

00:45

10-4, it's going to be there, catty corner from the Earling locker in that area.

00:50

It didn't really move a whole lot.

00:51

I've called it back multiple times.

00:52

Times and it just goes to voicemail or rings through and their voicemail's full.

2026-10-08 15:48 UTC

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1st St & Railway St, Earling, IA 51530

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, dispatchers received a possible crash detection alert from an iPhone near First Street and Railway Street in Earling. Responders in a personal vehicle and on patrol did not see any vehicles in the area and continued checking nearby streets.