Pickup truck collides under trailer causing driver injuries, Oxford NC


A pickup truck collided under the rear of a stopped 18-wheeler trailer. The driver was pinned under the dashboard with injuries including head abrasions and leg bruising. The driver remained alert. A medical helicopter landing zone was set up at a nearby school parking lot.
Audio|Source: Oxford Police, Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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As such, it was involved in an MVC down the F-150, it's done an underride on an 18-wheel under the rear of the trailer. The trailer was stopped in the road.
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Deformity to the steering wheel,
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he was pinned under the dash with his right leg.
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Short education time, he does have some abrasions to his head,
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his finger,
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and some bruising to his legs, and also, like it says, the steering wheel deformity.
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He is constant alert.
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Mechanism, injury, there's a big reason for flights.
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Yes, sir, that's a good copy.
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Is there someone at the scene that gives a description?
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LZ?
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Fire 1, Engine 1, can copy from Valley L2.
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Valley or two, this is LZ command.
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You're coming to a school facility property. You'll be landing on a paved parking lots approximately 100 by 200.
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Your only hazard is a power pole and power line to the east of the landings on marked by a POV.
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No other hazards now copy.
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That's good copy, sir. We're showing approximately one, four minutes out.
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Let us know when you can hear us to see us. And if you got any updated information, please don't have to take a letter to know.
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Good copy.
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Oxford, NC 27565
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