Highway collision with fuel leak in Paramus, Paramus NJ
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TrafficAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency responders handled a multi-vehicle collision on the Garden State Parkway South in Paramus. The highway was shut down while crews addressed a suspected fuel leak from a sedan and treated one injured person. Environmental officials were contacted for assistance with gasoline leakage, and responders confirmed there was no active vehicle fire.
Audio|Heard on: Paramus Fire Department
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04:34
Transcript:
00:00
Three O is on scene.
00:02
I'll establish Parkway South command.
00:04
Engine One, you pull in the left lane.
00:07
The highway's shut down.
00:11
Engine One copy.
00:16
Dispatchers,
00:17
Vehicle in the left lane and a half of a vehicle in the right shoulder.
00:20
Engine Three, if you're responding, you got to get this from Front Road.
00:29
Engine 335, going with seven.
00:44
2232.
00:51
Parkway command calling dispatch to say police is en route, correct?
01:01
Yeah, they were notified and responding.
01:04
Command calling engine three.
01:08
All right.
01:11
Did you guys commit to Front Road yet or middle and a half? You can go the wrong way once you get off 17.
01:17
That works.
01:24
Can you repeat that?
01:32
If you didn't already pass 17, you can get on the wrong way from 17.
01:48
Just make a hard left and it's totally shut down.
01:54
Received.
02:03
Northbound in the southbound lane, correct?
02:20
Yeah, just send up your manpower to help secure power to the vehicle.
02:24
Received. Where do you want us to place our apparatus?
02:29
Off in the right shoulder.
02:39
The other side towards the exit ramp.
02:45
Received.
02:51
I just rebalanced it.
02:58
Received 2237.
03:07
Parkway, command calling dispatch.
03:11
Go ahead.
03:16
There's no vehicle fire here.
03:18
We're working on securing the utilities to all vehicles.
03:21
EMS is packaging one patient for transport.
03:24
We'll continue to operate for a short time.
03:31
3AC 2239.
03:38
Can you also call DEP, get a case number? We have a sedan leaking gasoline which we are unable to secure.
03:45
The vehicle is not secured.
03:47
We're unable to access the vehicle.
03:48
Just get a DEP case number for a vehicle leaking gas.
03:57
Received.
04:05
Dispatch my radio, did you get all that?
04:13
Last unit, you were just unreadable.
04:15
Repeat please.
04:17
Did you receive that message from three zero command?
04:25
A from.
04:30
Fifty-five, not sure if it's happening on your end.
04:32
EMS is bleeding over FD channel.
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Location mentioned:
Garden State Pkwy, Paramus, NJ
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