Intoxicated man jumps into water, possibly breaks neck

Heard on: Ashland Bayfield Counties Public Safety

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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

All right, you know, sounds like it's a 40-year-old male.

00:03

He jumped in the water, highly intoxicated, possibly broke his neck, was underwater for a while before being pulled out.

00:10

He is currently conscious and breathing.

00:13

He's going to be on the shore near the lake.

00:16

You do have one person in the group that's an EMT that's with the patient at this time.

00:26

EMT follows to Iron River ambulance.

00:28

You got a copy?

00:35

Iron River ambulance, can you say again?

00:42

EMP to the large Iron River ambulance.

00:54

When you come on scene, come down to the boat launch area.

00:58

It's over, we're in the water in front of the dock by Pine Point.

01:04

We also think it's probably wise to switch to Lifelink.

01:12

Copy that. I don't know if dispatch heard that.

01:15

Can you get a Lifelink intercept?

01:18

We could do a rural landing zone.

01:22

Depending on where they're at, either rural, we can set up in Iron River.

01:26

Depending on how far they're out.

7/19/2026 09:01 PM

Medical Emergency

Pine Point Rd, Iron River, WI 54847

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

As discussed during the dispatch call, radio traffic reports a medical emergency near the boat launch by Pine Point, where an apparently intoxicated adult male jumped into the water, may have injured his neck, was underwater for a time, and was later pulled to shore conscious and breathing. An EMT on scene is with the patient while Iron River ambulance and an air medical intercept are being coordinated.