Robert A. Cronkleton, Matti Gellman, and Bill Lukitsch
堪萨斯城之星
(MCT)
Dec. 16—Moments before a Kansas City fire truck collided with an SUV in a crash that killed three people Wednesday night in Westport, a dispatcher told the truck’s crew to “stand down” and “remain in quarters,” according to audio recordings from the incident.
录音，被捕获Broadcastify.com，详细说明晚上10:30之前不久导致残骸的原因。周三在韦斯特波特路和百老汇。
The crash killed a man and woman in the Honda SUV and a female pedestrian who was walking on a sidewalk.
At the time of the crash, the fire truck was headed north on Broadway with its lights and siren activated, said Capt. Leslie Foreman, a spokesperson for the Kansas City Police Department.
The SUV was headed west on Westport Road. The force of the crash sent the vehicles careening to the northwest, where they struck a pedestrian on the sidewalk before slamming into the building at 4048 Broadway, police said.
The fire truck, Pumper 19, was among several fire trucks dispatched about 10:20 p.m. on a house fire near 39th Street and South Benton Avenue, according to the dispatch audio.
Firefighters with Pumper 18, which was checking on arcing power lines near the house fire, asked dispatchers if they could be placed on the call and respond to the fire.
“Dispatch, do you want 18 to make that house fire?” a firefighter asked.
“Pumper 18, I will show you on the call,” the dispatcher responded.
调度员说：“ Pumper 19站下来。”“ Pumper 19站下来，留在四分之一。”
在消防人员被派往房屋大火之后的一分钟之内，要留在四分之一的指示。
大约一分钟后，一名带有Pumper 19的消防员提醒调度员，它涉及事故并要求救护车。
“ Pumper 19，您的设备涉及吗？”调度员问。
“是的，”回应回来了。
The pumper responds out of Station 19 at 550 W. 43rd Street, which is near Saint Luke’s Hospital.
Fire department officials had not responded to questions about the dispatch audio as of Thursday afternoon.
After the crash, at least eight fire trucks and two ambulances responded to the scene. Many remained at the scene overnight as police blocked off several streets surrounding the district. Firefighters could be seen going through the rubble. No firefighters were injured in the crash.
周四早些时候，当汽车和救火车从建筑物上拉出时，一名男子和女人被发现在本田SUV内死亡。几个小时后，救援人员恢复了雌性行人的尸体，该尸体是在部分倒塌的建筑物中发现的。
星期四早上，消防部门发布了有关坠机事件的书面声明。声明说：“我们的内心，祈祷和思想与所有人的家人，朋友和亲人在一起。”
“As first responders, we are entrusted to respond to incidents and help people, and we are heartbroken by last night’s tragic collision. KCFD is cooperating fully with the police investigation and will defer to KCPD for information about that investigation.”
Heavy damage occurred at the part of the building once home to the Riot Room, a bar and music venue that only recently closed its doors. The building currently houses offices for the Culinary Virtue Restaurant Collective, a hospitality group that works with restaurants in the Westport area.
Broadway remained closed between 40th Street and Westport Road because the danger posed by the building, which has been deemed unsafe, Foreman said.
This story was originally published December 16, 2021 3:15 PM.
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