Two-vehicle crash with one car in river, driver trapped, Fort Lauderdale FL


Two vehicles were involved in a serious accident near Davie Blvd and S Andrews Ave. One vehicle is partially submerged in the river and unoccupied. The driver of the other vehicle is trapped inside but alert and needs to be extricated.
Audio|Source: Broward County Fire/Rescue
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Transcript:
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P.D. is requesting Fire Rescue Code 3[2].
00:03
Advise. One driver of the vehicle is trapped but alert.
00:07
Okay. And then how that I'm meeting.
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Copy entry 74.
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Show you available.
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316.
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Frenchone. Just a vehicle in the river, unoccupied, 316.
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Just a vehicle in the river, unoccupied, 316.
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Okay, 202, go ahead.
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How do you show those units?
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You're at the station?
00:28
Copy, thank you, this recording.
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318.
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Andrew 16. Agent 16, go ahead.
00:33
The CD confirmed that there was a person, sleeping.
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Is you clear both you this? Copy.
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For rescue 16, copy clear.
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318. Copy clear. Copy clear.
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It's 318.
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Both moderate damage.
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Everyone appears out.
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We do got one vehicle.
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Here's at the engine compartment.
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It's in the river.
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The entire body of the vehicle is sticking out of the water.
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Can visually see that everyone is out of the vehicle.
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Copy, Indian 319.
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That's you're in the area.
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320. Agent 3.
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Go ahead. Start me an extrication response.
01:04
The second vehicle we have, they do have a patient who's trapped now.
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Happy, 321.
01:09
Happy, 321.
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Good.
01:11
The one person that's trapped, is it the vehicle that's in the water?
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Negative. The vehicle that's in the water is unoccupied.
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You can visually inspect that one.
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To see the cap. The other vehicle that's on the road.
01:20
We have the driver is trapped on the driver's side.
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He is alert, but his feet are trapped inside.
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Copy. 321.
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And four-story county will you have to travel again.
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Copy is your question again, St.322.
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Accident Extraction[3].
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Rescue 2, Agent 2, Ladder 2, Support 29, Squad 29, Rescue 29, Battalion 2, Battalion 2, Battalion 13.
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Dubin dispatches additional units for accident entrapment at South Andrews Avenue and Davy Boulevard, South Andrews Avenue and Davy Boulevard.
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All units switch over to TAC 1[1],
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323.
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Got to be tack one.
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One copy. 323.
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It's your respondent.
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Copy agent tool.
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I show your respondent. I'll show your respondent.
02:01
Click shoulder to attack one. This week it's going to be in a CAD, 323.
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298, go ahead.
02:05
Can you give me my working code time?
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Stand by.
02:07
Right now I got two vehicles,
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heavy damage. I got one vehicle with a driver trapped inside on the driver's side.
02:14
Both of the speed are trapped underneath the steering wheel right now.
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He is alert in the way.
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We have a second vehicle.
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Half of the vehicle is in the carp and river so we could visually see that they have it is empty.
02:24
It's just the engine compartment is the river.
02:25
Right now we're working on getting the side out here on the front.
02:28
Second vehicle is on the river.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
TAC 1: Tactical channel for major incident coordination
[2]
Code 3: Emergency response required
[3]
Accident Extraction: Rescue/extrication needed
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Location mentioned:
Davie Blvd & S Andrews Ave, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33315
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