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I-75 S & Fair Dr SW

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  • A multi-car crash on I-75 South near University Avenue in Atlanta has resulted in the closure of southbound lanes. Firefighters are working to free a man trapped in a vehicle, while police have blocked off the HOV lane to manage the scene.

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Firefighters have successfully rescued the man from the car. EMS are assisting the man on scene.

APD Zone 3 Disp · 0:14
That's affirm, so the, uh.1395, radio. 95. 1395, radio. Be advised, they're going to have the male out of the vehicle. They're going to be loading him on a stretcher. I copy, male out of the vehicle, put him on the ambulance.

Police advise the trapped man is in a black Hyundai Sonata with a Mississippi license plate. Firefighters are working to reach him.

APD Zone 3 Disp · 0:23
6, Robert Adam Mary. That's going to belong to Black Hyundai Sonata with the entrapped person in it. I copy, Mississippi tag, 776, Robert Adam Mary Hyundai with the entrapped man. Two more units going, coming down at the home between me. Hey, stop these cars, we got fire behind me. They trying to get through.

Police are coordinating additional units to manage traffic around the crash site.

APD Zone 3 Disp · 0:31
Hey, the unit that is coming, we're going to show here and we're going to left the first two lanes for the right, okay? Yeah, we copy. We ride by the coming to 166. Exactly. I need one more unit behind me here. Is it the HOV? It's like HOV. We need one right there. Copy, I'm in the HOV. 1302 to radio, copy a Mississippi tag of 777.

Firefighters are working to rescue the driver trapped in a black vehicle.

AFRD Tac 3 · 0:31
Battalion 1 on scene. Truck 2, provide a can. 1 on scene. We got the driver of this one black vehicle that's up on the median wall, trapped in the driver's seat. Working on extrication now. Engine 2 is working on getting inside. Start patient care. We got one headlight on the ground. Battalion 1, received. Working on extrication, one charge hold on the ground. Got a hot zone signal.

Police are directing vehicles to a service road to bypass the crash site.

APD Zone 3 Disp · 0:31
Hey, who's with you right now? Who's with? Who is with you right now? It's just me and Hiller, and then the way QE's on Grady. 13, 12, and 13, 11 are behind Grady. I copy. We're going to start moving these cars up and have them take the service road off to the, off the lane for exit, so they can go around. I copy. Hey, so, they're still laughing and trying to divert them over there. I'll get in the line so that way nobody tries to...

Police advise of an updated location and confirm the southbound lanes of I-75 are currently shut down due to the crash.

APD Zone 3 Disp · 0:26
Go ahead. The location is I-75 South and Fair Drive. I copy, I-75 South and Fair Drive. 1394, radio. Go ahead. Did we have the interstate shut down? Affirm, they have the, oh yes, Southbound shut down. 1302, Fire Engine 2 is on scene and another Fire Engine 26 as well. Received.

The address reported for this incident has changed to I-75 S & Fair Dr SW.

Firefighters are arriving to assist a man trapped in a vehicle with his leg stuck in the windshield.

APD Zone 3 Disp · 0:24
to the unit on scene at the entrance and is the male, is he stuck in the vehicle? Affirm radio. I just need fire to get here. They're going to be the only ones to be able to get him out because he's in a compromised condition. His leg is stuck in the windshield. The fire's hopping the highway right now. Fire's in the highway right now. Received. 1311 to radio, you can put our call in 12 and 8. Show us out here at 25th. Copy.

Police are on the scene and advise HOV lane is being blocked off due to the multi-car crash.

APD Zone 3 Disp · 0:24
3, radio. We're going to be half of the bridge, stand by. Copy. HOV lane, y'all. Block off the HOV lane. I copy. HOV lane being blocked off. We're just coming up after us, start facing traffic. We're coming out from University. Yeah, we're coming out from University. You said start facing traffic?

Firefighters report a multi-car crash and are notifying Atlanta police.

Airport Fire - Dispatch · 0:27
Radio for Med 4. Med 4. Just have a visual of a multi-car MVC headed southbound, 75. 75 southbound near what exit? It's going to be just before University Avenue exit. Received, multi-car accident at 75 southbound before University. We'll notify the city of Atlanta. Received.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at I-75 S & University Ave SW.

Firefighters have successfully rescued the man from the car. EMS are assisting the man on scene.

APD Zone 3 Disp · 0:14
That's affirm, so the, uh.1395, radio. 95. 1395, radio. Be advised, they're going to have the male out of the vehicle. They're going to be loading him on a stretcher. I copy, male out of the vehicle, put him on the ambulance.

Police advise the trapped man is in a black Hyundai Sonata with a Mississippi license plate. Firefighters are working to reach him.

APD Zone 3 Disp · 0:23
6, Robert Adam Mary. That's going to belong to Black Hyundai Sonata with the entrapped person in it. I copy, Mississippi tag, 776, Robert Adam Mary Hyundai with the entrapped man. Two more units going, coming down at the home between me. Hey, stop these cars, we got fire behind me. They trying to get through.

Police are coordinating additional units to manage traffic around the crash site.

APD Zone 3 Disp · 0:31
Hey, the unit that is coming, we're going to show here and we're going to left the first two lanes for the right, okay? Yeah, we copy. We ride by the coming to 166. Exactly. I need one more unit behind me here. Is it the HOV? It's like HOV. We need one right there. Copy, I'm in the HOV. 1302 to radio, copy a Mississippi tag of 777.

Firefighters are working to rescue the driver trapped in a black vehicle.

AFRD Tac 3 · 0:31
Battalion 1 on scene. Truck 2, provide a can. 1 on scene. We got the driver of this one black vehicle that's up on the median wall, trapped in the driver's seat. Working on extrication now. Engine 2 is working on getting inside. Start patient care. We got one headlight on the ground. Battalion 1, received. Working on extrication, one charge hold on the ground. Got a hot zone signal.

Police are directing vehicles to a service road to bypass the crash site.

APD Zone 3 Disp · 0:31
Hey, who's with you right now? Who's with? Who is with you right now? It's just me and Hiller, and then the way QE's on Grady. 13, 12, and 13, 11 are behind Grady. I copy. We're going to start moving these cars up and have them take the service road off to the, off the lane for exit, so they can go around. I copy. Hey, so, they're still laughing and trying to divert them over there. I'll get in the line so that way nobody tries to...

Police advise of an updated location and confirm the southbound lanes of I-75 are currently shut down due to the crash.

APD Zone 3 Disp · 0:26
Go ahead. The location is I-75 South and Fair Drive. I copy, I-75 South and Fair Drive. 1394, radio. Go ahead. Did we have the interstate shut down? Affirm, they have the, oh yes, Southbound shut down. 1302, Fire Engine 2 is on scene and another Fire Engine 26 as well. Received.

The address reported for this incident has changed to I-75 S & Fair Dr SW.

Firefighters are arriving to assist a man trapped in a vehicle with his leg stuck in the windshield.

APD Zone 3 Disp · 0:24
to the unit on scene at the entrance and is the male, is he stuck in the vehicle? Affirm radio. I just need fire to get here. They're going to be the only ones to be able to get him out because he's in a compromised condition. His leg is stuck in the windshield. The fire's hopping the highway right now. Fire's in the highway right now. Received. 1311 to radio, you can put our call in 12 and 8. Show us out here at 25th. Copy.

Police are on the scene and advise HOV lane is being blocked off due to the multi-car crash.

APD Zone 3 Disp · 0:24
3, radio. We're going to be half of the bridge, stand by. Copy. HOV lane, y'all. Block off the HOV lane. I copy. HOV lane being blocked off. We're just coming up after us, start facing traffic. We're coming out from University. Yeah, we're coming out from University. You said start facing traffic?

Firefighters report a multi-car crash and are notifying Atlanta police.

Airport Fire - Dispatch · 0:27
Radio for Med 4. Med 4. Just have a visual of a multi-car MVC headed southbound, 75. 75 southbound near what exit? It's going to be just before University Avenue exit. Received, multi-car accident at 75 southbound before University. We'll notify the city of Atlanta. Received.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at I-75 S & University Ave SW.

Firefighters have successfully rescued the man from the car. EMS are assisting the man on scene.

APD Zone 3 Disp · 0:14
That's affirm, so the, uh.1395, radio. 95. 1395, radio. Be advised, they're going to have the male out of the vehicle. They're going to be loading him on a stretcher. I copy, male out of the vehicle, put him on the ambulance.

Police advise the trapped man is in a black Hyundai Sonata with a Mississippi license plate. Firefighters are working to reach him.

APD Zone 3 Disp · 0:23
6, Robert Adam Mary. That's going to belong to Black Hyundai Sonata with the entrapped person in it. I copy, Mississippi tag, 776, Robert Adam Mary Hyundai with the entrapped man. Two more units going, coming down at the home between me. Hey, stop these cars, we got fire behind me. They trying to get through.

Police are coordinating additional units to manage traffic around the crash site.

APD Zone 3 Disp · 0:31
Hey, the unit that is coming, we're going to show here and we're going to left the first two lanes for the right, okay? Yeah, we copy. We ride by the coming to 166. Exactly. I need one more unit behind me here. Is it the HOV? It's like HOV. We need one right there. Copy, I'm in the HOV. 1302 to radio, copy a Mississippi tag of 777.

Firefighters are working to rescue the driver trapped in a black vehicle.

AFRD Tac 3 · 0:31
Battalion 1 on scene. Truck 2, provide a can. 1 on scene. We got the driver of this one black vehicle that's up on the median wall, trapped in the driver's seat. Working on extrication now. Engine 2 is working on getting inside. Start patient care. We got one headlight on the ground. Battalion 1, received. Working on extrication, one charge hold on the ground. Got a hot zone signal.

Police are directing vehicles to a service road to bypass the crash site.

APD Zone 3 Disp · 0:31
Hey, who's with you right now? Who's with? Who is with you right now? It's just me and Hiller, and then the way QE's on Grady. 13, 12, and 13, 11 are behind Grady. I copy. We're going to start moving these cars up and have them take the service road off to the, off the lane for exit, so they can go around. I copy. Hey, so, they're still laughing and trying to divert them over there. I'll get in the line so that way nobody tries to...

Police advise of an updated location and confirm the southbound lanes of I-75 are currently shut down due to the crash.

APD Zone 3 Disp · 0:26
Go ahead. The location is I-75 South and Fair Drive. I copy, I-75 South and Fair Drive. 1394, radio. Go ahead. Did we have the interstate shut down? Affirm, they have the, oh yes, Southbound shut down. 1302, Fire Engine 2 is on scene and another Fire Engine 26 as well. Received.

The address reported for this incident has changed to I-75 S & Fair Dr SW.

Firefighters are arriving to assist a man trapped in a vehicle with his leg stuck in the windshield.

APD Zone 3 Disp · 0:24
to the unit on scene at the entrance and is the male, is he stuck in the vehicle? Affirm radio. I just need fire to get here. They're going to be the only ones to be able to get him out because he's in a compromised condition. His leg is stuck in the windshield. The fire's hopping the highway right now. Fire's in the highway right now. Received. 1311 to radio, you can put our call in 12 and 8. Show us out here at 25th. Copy.

Police are on the scene and advise HOV lane is being blocked off due to the multi-car crash.

APD Zone 3 Disp · 0:24
3, radio. We're going to be half of the bridge, stand by. Copy. HOV lane, y'all. Block off the HOV lane. I copy. HOV lane being blocked off. We're just coming up after us, start facing traffic. We're coming out from University. Yeah, we're coming out from University. You said start facing traffic?

Firefighters report a multi-car crash and are notifying Atlanta police.

Airport Fire - Dispatch · 0:27
Radio for Med 4. Med 4. Just have a visual of a multi-car MVC headed southbound, 75. 75 southbound near what exit? It's going to be just before University Avenue exit. Received, multi-car accident at 75 southbound before University. We'll notify the city of Atlanta. Received.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at I-75 S & University Ave SW.

Firefighters have successfully rescued the man from the car. EMS are assisting the man on scene.

APD Zone 3 Disp · 0:14
That's affirm, so the, uh.1395, radio. 95. 1395, radio. Be advised, they're going to have the male out of the vehicle. They're going to be loading him on a stretcher. I copy, male out of the vehicle, put him on the ambulance.

Police advise the trapped man is in a black Hyundai Sonata with a Mississippi license plate. Firefighters are working to reach him.

APD Zone 3 Disp · 0:23
6, Robert Adam Mary. That's going to belong to Black Hyundai Sonata with the entrapped person in it. I copy, Mississippi tag, 776, Robert Adam Mary Hyundai with the entrapped man. Two more units going, coming down at the home between me. Hey, stop these cars, we got fire behind me. They trying to get through.

Police are coordinating additional units to manage traffic around the crash site.

APD Zone 3 Disp · 0:31
Hey, the unit that is coming, we're going to show here and we're going to left the first two lanes for the right, okay? Yeah, we copy. We ride by the coming to 166. Exactly. I need one more unit behind me here. Is it the HOV? It's like HOV. We need one right there. Copy, I'm in the HOV. 1302 to radio, copy a Mississippi tag of 777.

Firefighters are working to rescue the driver trapped in a black vehicle.

AFRD Tac 3 · 0:31
Battalion 1 on scene. Truck 2, provide a can. 1 on scene. We got the driver of this one black vehicle that's up on the median wall, trapped in the driver's seat. Working on extrication now. Engine 2 is working on getting inside. Start patient care. We got one headlight on the ground. Battalion 1, received. Working on extrication, one charge hold on the ground. Got a hot zone signal.

Police are directing vehicles to a service road to bypass the crash site.

APD Zone 3 Disp · 0:31
Hey, who's with you right now? Who's with? Who is with you right now? It's just me and Hiller, and then the way QE's on Grady. 13, 12, and 13, 11 are behind Grady. I copy. We're going to start moving these cars up and have them take the service road off to the, off the lane for exit, so they can go around. I copy. Hey, so, they're still laughing and trying to divert them over there. I'll get in the line so that way nobody tries to...

Police advise of an updated location and confirm the southbound lanes of I-75 are currently shut down due to the crash.

APD Zone 3 Disp · 0:26
Go ahead. The location is I-75 South and Fair Drive. I copy, I-75 South and Fair Drive. 1394, radio. Go ahead. Did we have the interstate shut down? Affirm, they have the, oh yes, Southbound shut down. 1302, Fire Engine 2 is on scene and another Fire Engine 26 as well. Received.

The address reported for this incident has changed to I-75 S & Fair Dr SW.

Firefighters are arriving to assist a man trapped in a vehicle with his leg stuck in the windshield.

APD Zone 3 Disp · 0:24
to the unit on scene at the entrance and is the male, is he stuck in the vehicle? Affirm radio. I just need fire to get here. They're going to be the only ones to be able to get him out because he's in a compromised condition. His leg is stuck in the windshield. The fire's hopping the highway right now. Fire's in the highway right now. Received. 1311 to radio, you can put our call in 12 and 8. Show us out here at 25th. Copy.

Police are on the scene and advise HOV lane is being blocked off due to the multi-car crash.

APD Zone 3 Disp · 0:24
3, radio. We're going to be half of the bridge, stand by. Copy. HOV lane, y'all. Block off the HOV lane. I copy. HOV lane being blocked off. We're just coming up after us, start facing traffic. We're coming out from University. Yeah, we're coming out from University. You said start facing traffic?

Firefighters report a multi-car crash and are notifying Atlanta police.

Airport Fire - Dispatch · 0:27
Radio for Med 4. Med 4. Just have a visual of a multi-car MVC headed southbound, 75. 75 southbound near what exit? It's going to be just before University Avenue exit. Received, multi-car accident at 75 southbound before University. We'll notify the city of Atlanta. Received.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at I-75 S & University Ave SW.

Firefighters have successfully rescued the man from the car. EMS are assisting the man on scene.

APD Zone 3 Disp · 0:14
That's affirm, so the, uh.1395, radio. 95. 1395, radio. Be advised, they're going to have the male out of the vehicle. They're going to be loading him on a stretcher. I copy, male out of the vehicle, put him on the ambulance.

Police advise the trapped man is in a black Hyundai Sonata with a Mississippi license plate. Firefighters are working to reach him.

APD Zone 3 Disp · 0:23
6, Robert Adam Mary. That's going to belong to Black Hyundai Sonata with the entrapped person in it. I copy, Mississippi tag, 776, Robert Adam Mary Hyundai with the entrapped man. Two more units going, coming down at the home between me. Hey, stop these cars, we got fire behind me. They trying to get through.

Police are coordinating additional units to manage traffic around the crash site.

APD Zone 3 Disp · 0:31
Hey, the unit that is coming, we're going to show here and we're going to left the first two lanes for the right, okay? Yeah, we copy. We ride by the coming to 166. Exactly. I need one more unit behind me here. Is it the HOV? It's like HOV. We need one right there. Copy, I'm in the HOV. 1302 to radio, copy a Mississippi tag of 777.

Firefighters are working to rescue the driver trapped in a black vehicle.

AFRD Tac 3 · 0:31
Battalion 1 on scene. Truck 2, provide a can. 1 on scene. We got the driver of this one black vehicle that's up on the median wall, trapped in the driver's seat. Working on extrication now. Engine 2 is working on getting inside. Start patient care. We got one headlight on the ground. Battalion 1, received. Working on extrication, one charge hold on the ground. Got a hot zone signal.

Police are directing vehicles to a service road to bypass the crash site.

APD Zone 3 Disp · 0:31
Hey, who's with you right now? Who's with? Who is with you right now? It's just me and Hiller, and then the way QE's on Grady. 13, 12, and 13, 11 are behind Grady. I copy. We're going to start moving these cars up and have them take the service road off to the, off the lane for exit, so they can go around. I copy. Hey, so, they're still laughing and trying to divert them over there. I'll get in the line so that way nobody tries to...

Police advise of an updated location and confirm the southbound lanes of I-75 are currently shut down due to the crash.

APD Zone 3 Disp · 0:26
Go ahead. The location is I-75 South and Fair Drive. I copy, I-75 South and Fair Drive. 1394, radio. Go ahead. Did we have the interstate shut down? Affirm, they have the, oh yes, Southbound shut down. 1302, Fire Engine 2 is on scene and another Fire Engine 26 as well. Received.

The address reported for this incident has changed to I-75 S & Fair Dr SW.

Firefighters are arriving to assist a man trapped in a vehicle with his leg stuck in the windshield.

APD Zone 3 Disp · 0:24
to the unit on scene at the entrance and is the male, is he stuck in the vehicle? Affirm radio. I just need fire to get here. They're going to be the only ones to be able to get him out because he's in a compromised condition. His leg is stuck in the windshield. The fire's hopping the highway right now. Fire's in the highway right now. Received. 1311 to radio, you can put our call in 12 and 8. Show us out here at 25th. Copy.

Police are on the scene and advise HOV lane is being blocked off due to the multi-car crash.

APD Zone 3 Disp · 0:24
3, radio. We're going to be half of the bridge, stand by. Copy. HOV lane, y'all. Block off the HOV lane. I copy. HOV lane being blocked off. We're just coming up after us, start facing traffic. We're coming out from University. Yeah, we're coming out from University. You said start facing traffic?

Firefighters report a multi-car crash and are notifying Atlanta police.

Airport Fire - Dispatch · 0:27
Radio for Med 4. Med 4. Just have a visual of a multi-car MVC headed southbound, 75. 75 southbound near what exit? It's going to be just before University Avenue exit. Received, multi-car accident at 75 southbound before University. We'll notify the city of Atlanta. Received.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at I-75 S & University Ave SW.

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