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Motorcycle Caught Fire Following Crash With Car, Motorcyclist Hospitalized

I-40 & 6th St NW

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Summary

  • A crash on I-40 in Albuquerque involved a motorcycle and a car, which subsequently caught fire. Firefighters responded to the scene and are attending to at least one injured individual.

Timeline

All lanes are reopening. The Department of Transportation has been notified about a damaged sign.

NMSP D5 Albuquerque · 0:13
5-1. All lanes will be back open. If you could just, uh, deal with DOT and tell them that their sign's destroyed. And then, uh, like,

The motorcycle's identification is currently unreadable due to damage, and a tow truck is needed to assist.

NMSP D5 Albuquerque · 0:16
Sickle on 5-1. Go ahead. 10-4, can I get a 28 for that motorcycle? We're going to have to wait for tow truck to flip it over so we can get a bin. It looks like the 28 was melted. 10-4.

The motorcycle rider is being transported by ambulance for medical care.

NMSP D5 Albuquerque · 0:12
51, 51. Can you make a note? A rider is going to be transported in Albuquerque Ambulance, unit number 60. 10-4.

Responders confirmed that the motorcycle fire has been extinguished and that EMS is handling the situation.

ABQ FD Dispatch · 0:30
Engine 4 to Squad 2, are you guys on scene? Squad 2, Engine 4, we just arrived on scene. There was a motorcycle on fire, but that fire has been extinguished. It's just EMS at this point, continue Code 3. Engine 4, copy. What is your location exactly? Is it west of 6th Street? Squad 2, Engine 4, yeah, you're going to have to go...

Firefighters are attending to a patient involved in the crash.

ABQ FD Dispatch · 0:11
more recycled and we have one patient inside the 55 unit. You guys continue in code 3.Engine 4 to alarm, we're clear of the last. Can you put us on that 21 Delta? Engine 4, alarm copy.

Firefighters report a car on fire and a downed motorcycle after arriving at the location.

ABQ FD Dispatch · 0:25
Alarm to Engine 6 Rescue 4, Squad 2. State police has this somewhere between 4th Street and 6th Street. You're going to have one vehicle on fire, one motorcycle down, unknown patient info. There is a 55 on scene. We did not get any information from them either. 54, copy. 52, direct.

An additional report states that the car is now engulfed in flames.

ABQ FD Dispatch · 0:25
Alarm to Engine 6 Rescue 4, Squad 2. State police has this somewhere between 4th Street and 6th Street. You're going to have one vehicle on fire, one motorcycle down, unknown patient info. There is a 55 on scene. We did not get any information from them either. 54, copy. 52, direct.

Police have received a 911 report of a crash involving a motorcycle and a car.

NMSP D5 Albuquerque · 0:16
10-4, I have one. Go ahead. 10-4, sir, I have a 45. It's going to be 40 eastbound and 6th Street. It's going to be a vehicle versus a motorcycle. They advised that one vehicle and one person are currently on...

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at I-40 & 6th St NW.

All lanes are reopening. The Department of Transportation has been notified about a damaged sign.

NMSP D5 Albuquerque · 0:13
5-1. All lanes will be back open. If you could just, uh, deal with DOT and tell them that their sign's destroyed. And then, uh, like,

The motorcycle's identification is currently unreadable due to damage, and a tow truck is needed to assist.

NMSP D5 Albuquerque · 0:16
Sickle on 5-1. Go ahead. 10-4, can I get a 28 for that motorcycle? We're going to have to wait for tow truck to flip it over so we can get a bin. It looks like the 28 was melted. 10-4.

The motorcycle rider is being transported by ambulance for medical care.

NMSP D5 Albuquerque · 0:12
51, 51. Can you make a note? A rider is going to be transported in Albuquerque Ambulance, unit number 60. 10-4.

Responders confirmed that the motorcycle fire has been extinguished and that EMS is handling the situation.

ABQ FD Dispatch · 0:30
Engine 4 to Squad 2, are you guys on scene? Squad 2, Engine 4, we just arrived on scene. There was a motorcycle on fire, but that fire has been extinguished. It's just EMS at this point, continue Code 3. Engine 4, copy. What is your location exactly? Is it west of 6th Street? Squad 2, Engine 4, yeah, you're going to have to go...

Firefighters are attending to a patient involved in the crash.

ABQ FD Dispatch · 0:11
more recycled and we have one patient inside the 55 unit. You guys continue in code 3.Engine 4 to alarm, we're clear of the last. Can you put us on that 21 Delta? Engine 4, alarm copy.

Firefighters report a car on fire and a downed motorcycle after arriving at the location.

ABQ FD Dispatch · 0:25
Alarm to Engine 6 Rescue 4, Squad 2. State police has this somewhere between 4th Street and 6th Street. You're going to have one vehicle on fire, one motorcycle down, unknown patient info. There is a 55 on scene. We did not get any information from them either. 54, copy. 52, direct.

An additional report states that the car is now engulfed in flames.

ABQ FD Dispatch · 0:25
Alarm to Engine 6 Rescue 4, Squad 2. State police has this somewhere between 4th Street and 6th Street. You're going to have one vehicle on fire, one motorcycle down, unknown patient info. There is a 55 on scene. We did not get any information from them either. 54, copy. 52, direct.

Police have received a 911 report of a crash involving a motorcycle and a car.

NMSP D5 Albuquerque · 0:16
10-4, I have one. Go ahead. 10-4, sir, I have a 45. It's going to be 40 eastbound and 6th Street. It's going to be a vehicle versus a motorcycle. They advised that one vehicle and one person are currently on...

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at I-40 & 6th St NW.

All lanes are reopening. The Department of Transportation has been notified about a damaged sign.

NMSP D5 Albuquerque · 0:13
5-1. All lanes will be back open. If you could just, uh, deal with DOT and tell them that their sign's destroyed. And then, uh, like,

The motorcycle's identification is currently unreadable due to damage, and a tow truck is needed to assist.

NMSP D5 Albuquerque · 0:16
Sickle on 5-1. Go ahead. 10-4, can I get a 28 for that motorcycle? We're going to have to wait for tow truck to flip it over so we can get a bin. It looks like the 28 was melted. 10-4.

The motorcycle rider is being transported by ambulance for medical care.

NMSP D5 Albuquerque · 0:12
51, 51. Can you make a note? A rider is going to be transported in Albuquerque Ambulance, unit number 60. 10-4.

Responders confirmed that the motorcycle fire has been extinguished and that EMS is handling the situation.

ABQ FD Dispatch · 0:30
Engine 4 to Squad 2, are you guys on scene? Squad 2, Engine 4, we just arrived on scene. There was a motorcycle on fire, but that fire has been extinguished. It's just EMS at this point, continue Code 3. Engine 4, copy. What is your location exactly? Is it west of 6th Street? Squad 2, Engine 4, yeah, you're going to have to go...

Firefighters are attending to a patient involved in the crash.

ABQ FD Dispatch · 0:11
more recycled and we have one patient inside the 55 unit. You guys continue in code 3.Engine 4 to alarm, we're clear of the last. Can you put us on that 21 Delta? Engine 4, alarm copy.

Firefighters report a car on fire and a downed motorcycle after arriving at the location.

ABQ FD Dispatch · 0:25
Alarm to Engine 6 Rescue 4, Squad 2. State police has this somewhere between 4th Street and 6th Street. You're going to have one vehicle on fire, one motorcycle down, unknown patient info. There is a 55 on scene. We did not get any information from them either. 54, copy. 52, direct.

An additional report states that the car is now engulfed in flames.

ABQ FD Dispatch · 0:25
Alarm to Engine 6 Rescue 4, Squad 2. State police has this somewhere between 4th Street and 6th Street. You're going to have one vehicle on fire, one motorcycle down, unknown patient info. There is a 55 on scene. We did not get any information from them either. 54, copy. 52, direct.

Police have received a 911 report of a crash involving a motorcycle and a car.

NMSP D5 Albuquerque · 0:16
10-4, I have one. Go ahead. 10-4, sir, I have a 45. It's going to be 40 eastbound and 6th Street. It's going to be a vehicle versus a motorcycle. They advised that one vehicle and one person are currently on...

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at I-40 & 6th St NW.

All lanes are reopening. The Department of Transportation has been notified about a damaged sign.

NMSP D5 Albuquerque · 0:13
5-1. All lanes will be back open. If you could just, uh, deal with DOT and tell them that their sign's destroyed. And then, uh, like,

The motorcycle's identification is currently unreadable due to damage, and a tow truck is needed to assist.

NMSP D5 Albuquerque · 0:16
Sickle on 5-1. Go ahead. 10-4, can I get a 28 for that motorcycle? We're going to have to wait for tow truck to flip it over so we can get a bin. It looks like the 28 was melted. 10-4.

The motorcycle rider is being transported by ambulance for medical care.

NMSP D5 Albuquerque · 0:12
51, 51. Can you make a note? A rider is going to be transported in Albuquerque Ambulance, unit number 60. 10-4.

Responders confirmed that the motorcycle fire has been extinguished and that EMS is handling the situation.

ABQ FD Dispatch · 0:30
Engine 4 to Squad 2, are you guys on scene? Squad 2, Engine 4, we just arrived on scene. There was a motorcycle on fire, but that fire has been extinguished. It's just EMS at this point, continue Code 3. Engine 4, copy. What is your location exactly? Is it west of 6th Street? Squad 2, Engine 4, yeah, you're going to have to go...

Firefighters are attending to a patient involved in the crash.

ABQ FD Dispatch · 0:11
more recycled and we have one patient inside the 55 unit. You guys continue in code 3.Engine 4 to alarm, we're clear of the last. Can you put us on that 21 Delta? Engine 4, alarm copy.

Firefighters report a car on fire and a downed motorcycle after arriving at the location.

ABQ FD Dispatch · 0:25
Alarm to Engine 6 Rescue 4, Squad 2. State police has this somewhere between 4th Street and 6th Street. You're going to have one vehicle on fire, one motorcycle down, unknown patient info. There is a 55 on scene. We did not get any information from them either. 54, copy. 52, direct.

An additional report states that the car is now engulfed in flames.

ABQ FD Dispatch · 0:25
Alarm to Engine 6 Rescue 4, Squad 2. State police has this somewhere between 4th Street and 6th Street. You're going to have one vehicle on fire, one motorcycle down, unknown patient info. There is a 55 on scene. We did not get any information from them either. 54, copy. 52, direct.

Police have received a 911 report of a crash involving a motorcycle and a car.

NMSP D5 Albuquerque · 0:16
10-4, I have one. Go ahead. 10-4, sir, I have a 45. It's going to be 40 eastbound and 6th Street. It's going to be a vehicle versus a motorcycle. They advised that one vehicle and one person are currently on...

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at I-40 & 6th St NW.

All lanes are reopening. The Department of Transportation has been notified about a damaged sign.

NMSP D5 Albuquerque · 0:13
5-1. All lanes will be back open. If you could just, uh, deal with DOT and tell them that their sign's destroyed. And then, uh, like,

The motorcycle's identification is currently unreadable due to damage, and a tow truck is needed to assist.

NMSP D5 Albuquerque · 0:16
Sickle on 5-1. Go ahead. 10-4, can I get a 28 for that motorcycle? We're going to have to wait for tow truck to flip it over so we can get a bin. It looks like the 28 was melted. 10-4.

The motorcycle rider is being transported by ambulance for medical care.

NMSP D5 Albuquerque · 0:12
51, 51. Can you make a note? A rider is going to be transported in Albuquerque Ambulance, unit number 60. 10-4.

Responders confirmed that the motorcycle fire has been extinguished and that EMS is handling the situation.

ABQ FD Dispatch · 0:30
Engine 4 to Squad 2, are you guys on scene? Squad 2, Engine 4, we just arrived on scene. There was a motorcycle on fire, but that fire has been extinguished. It's just EMS at this point, continue Code 3. Engine 4, copy. What is your location exactly? Is it west of 6th Street? Squad 2, Engine 4, yeah, you're going to have to go...

Firefighters are attending to a patient involved in the crash.

ABQ FD Dispatch · 0:11
more recycled and we have one patient inside the 55 unit. You guys continue in code 3.Engine 4 to alarm, we're clear of the last. Can you put us on that 21 Delta? Engine 4, alarm copy.

Firefighters report a car on fire and a downed motorcycle after arriving at the location.

ABQ FD Dispatch · 0:25
Alarm to Engine 6 Rescue 4, Squad 2. State police has this somewhere between 4th Street and 6th Street. You're going to have one vehicle on fire, one motorcycle down, unknown patient info. There is a 55 on scene. We did not get any information from them either. 54, copy. 52, direct.

An additional report states that the car is now engulfed in flames.

ABQ FD Dispatch · 0:25
Alarm to Engine 6 Rescue 4, Squad 2. State police has this somewhere between 4th Street and 6th Street. You're going to have one vehicle on fire, one motorcycle down, unknown patient info. There is a 55 on scene. We did not get any information from them either. 54, copy. 52, direct.

Police have received a 911 report of a crash involving a motorcycle and a car.

NMSP D5 Albuquerque · 0:16
10-4, I have one. Go ahead. 10-4, sir, I have a 45. It's going to be 40 eastbound and 6th Street. It's going to be a vehicle versus a motorcycle. They advised that one vehicle and one person are currently on...

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at I-40 & 6th St NW.

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