Multiple vehicle crash causes highway closure in West Seneca, West Seneca NY
TrafficA multiple-vehicle collision occurred on Route 400 southbound near the Seneca Street off-ramp in West Seneca, leading to several injuries. Emergency responders have closed the highway to manage the scene and provide medical assistance. There are vehicles scattered across shoulders and multiple patients requiring aid. Highway ramps have been shut down to support emergency operations.
Audio|Source: West Seneca Fire Dispatch
06:47
Transcript:
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If you find you're going, get on at Ridge Road and take the Route 90,
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eastbound, get off at the 400.
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They'll get there.
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Without it, me, too.
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You respond in 1990.
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You have AMR 519-transit to 400.
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Yeah, Bill.
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Mr. Wichester 9-2, Westlaga.
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Purshister 92.
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Sign 2. If you can get past the scene, we have another vehicle that was involved.
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She's past the scene.
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They can see her four ways, but she's not close.
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She has spatial injuries from an object that went through her windshield.
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So there'll be two locations for this accident.
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If you want to handle that one, and Rescue 5 can take the first team.
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And then we'll get some more help if you need it.
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Just let me know.
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Receive, yeah, there's several cars.
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You're going to have cars on the left shoulder and on the right shoulder over the guardrail.
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You're definitely going to need probably Rescue 5 and Winchester and maybe another unit.
01:13
All right, do you want me to put the third company on that due to what you have there?
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You're waiting for Rescue 5 to get on.
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I don't know they're manpower.
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All right. You're clear.
01:29
Rescue 5, Westletica, did you copy that transmission? Let me know if you want a third company.
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You're going to have a very diverted scene there.
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Yeah, it's affirmative.
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Let's call on a start the third company.
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I'll be establishing 400 commands.
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I'll be on location at a minute.
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Copy, you're clear.
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West Seneca, Winchester 9-2 is at the second vehicle.
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Copy Winchester, 9-2, 1923.
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The visualing mutually with Sonica hose to the Route 400 southbound.
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In the area of Sonica Street, you also have a diverted accident a little further down, requesting the third unit in for the 400 southbound multiple injuries.
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Repeating vigilance usually request with Seneca O is the route 400 southbound around the Seneca Street off ramp for a multi-vehicle MVA[1] with multiple injuries.
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You need to get on the 90th mid-road and then head towards the 400 southbound for your best access.
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Time of your dispatch 1924.
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Senegal is 9-1 responding.
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Stenicose 9-1.
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Copy. Have you been copying the updates?
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A little bit.
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All right, you have multiple vehicles scattered across, so you had a vehicle that crossed the median.
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Your main accident seems going to be southbound around the Seneca Street exit around Harlem Road.
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You also have another vehicle further down, and we're checking there might be another vehicle that either came from or started in the northbound lane.
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But we have Vigilant coming as your third company, and best access is from Ridge Road to the 90 East to the 400 south.
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Clear.
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Buzz on a cone shutter night and two.
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Go ahead.
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I'm going to need a bus for my patient to,
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smash her head on the windshield and she has glass in her eyes.
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All right, and you are still southbound, correct? Just past the main scene.
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It is a permanent,
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and if you can get somebody to block mine lane to this full lane, that'd be awesome.
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That goes 9-1-7-0-0-0-35.
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9-1-5. 9-1-5.
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All right, three vehicles, approximately six patients.
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You're good with it.
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I'm just gonna shut down the 400.
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Yeah,
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go ahead.
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All right. Left on COVID-1-9 with Bonnie.
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Vision 9 you're responding.
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Get on the 90 and Ridge Road eastbound.
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Take the 400 southbound, I believe last update, they're going to be shutting the 400 down.
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That's going to be your best route together.
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Yeah, Wethelago, we should let an attack now.
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We're going to do that.
05:15
Copy, you're going to shut it down on the on-ramp from the 90s, I would believe?
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Yeah, we're going to shut it down at the 90.
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Okay, somebody there are going to notify because you're going to have to shut down the east-on-off ramp and also.
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West Noggin, Sunnogers Rescue Pipe.
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We just put the rescue right across all three lanes and closing the off ramp, just with the standard debris and rescuers moving back and forth.
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Okay, would you like me to call and get assistance from the troopers, though, to shut off-ramp from the 90s in both directions to the 400 sound?
05:54
That would probably be the best bet, and then you can advise any other responding units, including AMR, that they come up the off-ramp of the 400.
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Senator Hose, 91, Union 81.
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Chief.
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Well, Senator, Senator, Senegal's 911.
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I'm out of the eministableness, establish command.
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Senegals 91, you're on scene,
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you're going to be 400 commands.
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Be advised Dillan, I notified 9-side state troopers are going to shut down both off-ramps, eastbound and westbound to the southbound 400.
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As far as going up the off-ramps the wrong way, remember you're going to have the northbound Seneca Street off-ramps still available, so you want to be careful with that one.
Police codes explained
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[1]
MVA: Motor Vehicle Accident
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NY-400, West Seneca, NY
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