Traffic backup after crash shuts Grand Island Bridge


A crash on the I-190 near the Grand Island Bridge shut the bridge approach and caused heavy traffic with detours to Buffalo Avenue. Dispatchers coordinated multiple agencies and addressed an EMS call about a patient with lethargy; the transcript shows many names redacted for privacy.
Audio|Source: Niagara County Public Safety
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Transcript:
00:0012 on data.00:02They're on top.00:03Our county is in 1.00:04Zone 1.00:08Do you have any other calls for any other accidents or anything? Looks like traffic's backing up, Down River Road at the Williams Light.00:36No other calls for other accidents.00:38However,00:39we do have multiple agencies blocking traffic from the 190 to avoid that accident.00:47I see you're in the area.00:48Could you respond to 2854, 2854 Ridge Road? Cuffs in Syracuse.00:55They lost an iPad during their travels.00:58It's planning a distress.00:59See the resident and has recovered one.01:03So I'll notify the car.01:05I'm making a racist to kind of pick it out from Syracuse.01:09One copy.01:11NT215 County.01:13NT215, go ahead.01:16Can you run a name and do a registration group search and see if there's any vehicles registered to this person?01:2310 for you. Go ahead.01:25Niagara County Fire Control 2, Lewiston 1, EMS call 936, 936 Pletcher Road.01:33Offa Creek Road, 65-year-old male cancer patient, lethargic with a decreased level of consciousness.01:40Repeating to Lewiston 1, EMS call 936-936 Pletcher Road.01:47Offa Creek Road, use the backdoor, 65-year-old male cancer patient lethargic with a decreased level of consciousness.01:55ALS Priority, FD, EMS, 948, Niagara County Fire.
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12 on data.
00:02
They're on top.
00:03
Our county is in 1.
00:04
Zone 1.
00:08
Do you have any other calls for any other accidents or anything? Looks like traffic's backing up, Down River Road at the Williams Light.
00:36
No other calls for other accidents.
00:38
However,
00:39
we do have multiple agencies blocking traffic from the 190 to avoid that accident.
00:47
I see you're in the area.
00:48
Could you respond to 2854, 2854 Ridge Road? Cuffs in Syracuse.
00:55
They lost an iPad during their travels.
00:58
It's planning a distress.
00:59
See the resident and has recovered one.
01:03
So I'll notify the car.
01:05
I'm making a racist to kind of pick it out from Syracuse.
01:09
One copy.
01:11
NT215 County.
01:13
NT215, go ahead.
01:16
Can you run a name and do a registration group search and see if there's any vehicles registered to this person?
01:23
10 for you. Go ahead.
01:25
Niagara County Fire Control 2, Lewiston 1, EMS call 936, 936 Pletcher Road.
01:33
Offa Creek Road, 65-year-old male cancer patient, lethargic with a decreased level of consciousness.
01:40
Repeating to Lewiston 1, EMS call 936-936 Pletcher Road.
01:47
Offa Creek Road, use the backdoor, 65-year-old male cancer patient lethargic with a decreased level of consciousness.
01:55
ALS Priority, FD, EMS, 948, Niagara County Fire.
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