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INTERSTATE 75 CAME TO A
STANDSTILL TODAY, MAKING US
WONDER... HOW ARE EMERGENCY
VEHICLES NAVIGATING A
INTERSTATE? GOOD EVENING,
I'M KATIE USSIN. AND I'M
MARK ALLAN. HERE ARE LIVE
PICTURES OF THE AREA IN
QUESTION WHERE 122-THOUSANDS
DRIVERS GO THROUGH I- 75 AS IT
WINDS IT'S WAY THROUGH
DOWNTOWN DAYTON. STARTING
MONDAY, MORE EXIT RAMPS WILL
BE CLOSING. COULD THAT
IMPACT FIREFIGHTERS AND E-
M-T'S WHO KNOW EVERY MINUTE
MATTERS IN AN EMERGENCY?
ALEXA ASHWELL GOT SOME
ANSWERS.. AND SHE'S LIVE WITH
TONIGHT'S TOP STORY.
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THIS MORNING OUR KARRIE
ROSSMILLER SHOWED LIVE
PICTURES OF QUIET A BACK-UP ON
75 FROM 35 TO EDWIN C. MOSES.
BETWEEN THE ACCIDENTS AND ON-
GOING CONSTRUCTION ... TRAFFIC
WAS GRIDLOCKED IN THE
SOUTHBOUND LANES. AS WE ALL
KNOW TOO WELL .. THIS ISN'T AN
UNCOMMON SCENARIO TO HAPPEN
ALONG THIS STRETCH OF HIGHWAY.
I SPOKE WITH FIRST
RESPONDERS ABOUT HOW THEY DEAL
WITH THE CONSTANT CONGESTION.
"WE HAD ONE NOT TOO LONG AGO.
IT WAS DOWN IN MORAINE. THERE
WAS A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT
AND WE FLEW A PATIENT OUT OF
THERE AND KNOWING MORAINE IS
PRETTY CLOSE HERE. EVEN BY
GROUND IT WAS JUST BECAUSE
TRAFFIC WAS AN ISSUE." MIAMI
VALLEY HOSPITAL COMMUNICATIONS
CENTER MANAGER ROBYN FLANERY
RECALLS A TWO CAR COLLISION
THAT HAPPENED JUST FOUR MILES
FROM THE HOSPITAL ... BUT
REQUIRED CARE FLIGHT. "CARE
FLIGHT NUMBER ONE LIFTING FOR
THE VALLEY AT 15:48." "WITH
HELICOPTERS FORTUNATELY THERE
ARE NO BOUNDARIES FOR US SO WE
ARE ABLE TO FLY OVER THE
TRAFFIC AND GET TO THE SCENE
AND STILL TRANSPORT THE
PATIENT QUICKLY." TRAFFIC
IS A CONCERN EACH TIME
FIREFIGHTERS AND MEDICS IN
MORAINE RESPOND TO A CALL.
75 IS THE ROUTE THEY WILL MOST
LIKELY TAKE WHEN TRANSPORTING
A PATIENT TO MIAMI VALLEY
HOSPITAL .... LT. GARY
RETTIG SAYS ITS PERTINENT THEY
STAY IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH
ODOT AND DISPATCH TO AVOID
BEING INVOLVED IN AN
INTERSTATE TRAFFIC JAM. "IF
NOT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO
LOOK AT COMING FROM A
DIFFERENT DIRECTION, MAYBE THE
OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY
AND GOING OVER THE WALLS IF
ITS IN THAT JERSEY BAY AREA OR
THE BARRIERS YOU SEE ALONG
THERE OR WE HAVE TO SEE IF WE
CAN CLEAR TRAFFIC OUT."
IF YOU HAVE BEEN KEEPING UP
WITH THE FINAL PHASE OF THE I-
75 MODERNIZATION PROJECT ...
MANY OF THE ON AND OFF RAMPS
THATS GOING TO BE ANOTHER
PROBLEM FOR FIRST RESPONDERS.
OFFICIALS WITH DAYTON FIRE
DEPARTMENT TELL ME THEY WILL
MOST LIKELY MAKE ADJUSTMENTS
TO WHO RESPONDS TO CERTAIN
LOCATIONS. RL AA 2NEWS.