Crash causes traffic gridlock near boulevard and interstate ramp, Pittsburgh PA

Traffic

Reported: 11/15/2025 05:02 PM

Near Boulevard of the Allies, Pittsburgh, PA 15219

A crash near the boulevard and interstate ramp caused heavy traffic gridlock. Emergency crews reported difficult access and advised alternate routes. Traffic has started moving again.

Audio|Source: Pittsburgh EMS Dispatch - Channel 1

02:47

Transcript:

00:00

Medic 5E2, Medic 14, Daria for crash, intersection Boulevard of the Allies and I-579 northbound ramp.

00:09

Single-veillance, then, nine-minute entries.

00:13

Copy.

00:15

From,

00:17

Center,

00:18

and Ellsworth.

00:28

Grant Street and Boulevard of the Allies, 579 ramp.

00:34

Drop in four and on, winding up at a five in route.

00:38

Base 506. Correct.

00:42

The base 503.

00:45

503.

00:48

503.

00:49

Get them to use clear Maddox 6 and hold them on our district chiefs.

00:56

As received.

01:03

Yeah,

01:05

that's just that four engines.

01:09

Four engines? Yeah,

01:13

can you relay to Medic 5 that we are up on the boulevard, completely gridlocked? We're going to have better access coming up from the bridge,

01:20

looping around.

01:24

Medic 5 coffee, thanks for it.

01:33

To medic 9.

01:37

To medic 9.

01:39

Medic 9.

01:44

Medic 9, E1, medic 6 area, (number withheld), 5th 6th Street, Department 203 at the Canterbury Place.

01:51

Sort of 67-year-old male,

01:54

increased agitation, change in mental status.

01:57

Please advise your patient is deaf and blind.

02:07

TAM is 2010.

02:16

Knetics 5 and 4 engine.

02:21

204.

02:25

Yeah,

02:26

traffic's moving now.

02:27

This is actually going to be off the boulevard before the split where Seventh Avenue and Center Avenue are, so you're going to have to make access from the boulevard.

02:36

We've got traffic moving for you.

02:41

Copy. We're on the boulevard now, so we'll be there momentarily.

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