As discussed during the dispatch call, radio traffic reports a possible hit-and-run or assault near Main Street in Sassafras, where a man was reportedly struck by a truck and was lying on a couch, cold to the touch, breathing, and coughing up blood. The caller and the subject may have gone to a house.

Person hit by truck, coughing blood in Sassafras

Ten four. Can you get out to (number withheld) Main Street in Sassafras? (number withheld) Main Street in Sassafras. Break. Go ahead. I received a call from actually (name withheld). He's advising that (name withheld) has been hit by a truck and he's laying on the couch. Advising smells cold to the touch, but he's breathing. Go ahead. Ten four. Six one five, 98 up here. I'll hit that as well. Six twenty-five, 500 and ninety-one. I don't know if this was some kind of assault, hit and run. They said this subject, I am sure he sounded like he may be signal ten or twenty-three oh one. He took off to his house. I can't advise. They really, these people calling really didn't know that he was just in there and he was coughing up blood and was cold to the touch, but he is breathing.

Ten four. Can you get out to (number withheld) Main Street in Sassafras? (number withheld) Main Street in Sassafras.

I received a call from actually (name withheld).

He's advising that (name withheld) has been hit by a truck and he's laying on the couch.

Advising smells cold to the touch, but he's breathing.

I don't know if this was some kind of assault,

They said this subject, I am sure he sounded like he may be signal ten or twenty-three oh one.

They really, these people calling really didn't know that he was just in there and he was coughing up blood and was cold to the touch,

As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency medical services were requested for a possible medical issue involving a very young baby at a dairy bar on Highway 15, with a possible transport to a hospital in Hazard.

Six-week-old baby needs emergency medical transport

you get EMS and I heard you want to go over this six-week-old baby? About six weeks old. Yes, ma'am. I believe that's about the approximate age of this. Maybe that's up here. If you can get EMS to respond up here, maybe I think guys can transport her over to Hazard ARH. 457, is your current 20 the Dairy Bar or the Rose Hill Road? I'm here at the Lakeview Dairy Bar on Highway 15. Ten Four.

you get EMS and I heard you want to go over this six-week-old baby?

I believe that's about the approximate age of this.

maybe I think guys can transport her over to Hazard ARH.

457, is your current 20 the Dairy Bar or the Rose Hill Road?

I'm here at the Lakeview Dairy Bar on Highway 15.

As discussed during the dispatch call, officers responded to a dairy bar in Sassafras after a report involving an infant. Later radio traffic clarified that the mother had left the child with a neighbor at a residence in Neon, and the neighbor then brought the infant to the dairy bar. Officers sought to contact the mother and social services.

Officers check on infant brought to Sassafras dairy bar

I'm at the Lakeview Dairy Bar. PD officers stopped up there and there's a, well, a worker's advising there's somebody's left an infant child up there with him. Just went 98, some female. He's not really sure what's going on, but he's gonna run up there and see what the guy. 10-4, I'm at Lake Carl, I'll head that way. They got the tag number of the vehicle that left the child and the description. I can't advise. He advised he flagged him down. He told him to call and he said he didn't know what they were going to. I thought I'll send somebody up there though. Careful. (name withheld), I copy. I'm getting gas here in Highland. I'll start that way. Six twenty-five has not copied. Great. Go ahead, 400 and fifty-seven. Did they provide a description of the car that the subject went ninety-eight in? I PD officer couldn't advise me about he was just they just told him why he stopped in there to get something. I don't know if he went 98 foot or what. He couldn't advise. Six 64 hazard 97 . Five 91 . Yeah, I'll speak with the MS. If you want to log for the CAD, they transported that male to PMC. Ten four. Two four has. Go ahead, 664. Before I understand a little bit more about what's going on here, right? Go ahead. The mother of this infant lives at Goose Creek at Neon in Letcher County. Her next door neighbor, another female, works at this Dairy Mart here at Lakeway and Sassafras. They all live up in Goose Creek and Neon, right? Go ahead. Other, they've advised me told the girl that works here at the dairy bar that she was having duck work done on her residence, and she was going to leave the baby here with her while she went back home. Right. I'm going to gather more information as I speak to this subject more. But the girl that she left her with, her mother works here at the dairy bar as well, and she has the baby here. Her daughter's name is (name withheld). The actual mother of the child, she doesn't know her name. And trying to gather more information to see if I can get an address. So far I haven't gotten one. Go ahead. 10-4.

PD officers stopped up there and there's a, well, a worker's advising there's somebody's left an infant child up there with him.

He's not really sure what's going on, but he's gonna run up there and see what the guy.

10-4, I'm at Lake Carl, I'll head that way.

They got the tag number of the vehicle that left the child and the description.

He told him to call and he said he didn't know what they were going to.

I thought I'll send somebody up there though.

Did they provide a description of the car that the subject went ninety-eight in?

I PD officer couldn't advise me about he was just they just told him why he stopped in there to get something.

If you want to log for the CAD, they transported that male to PMC.

Before I understand a little bit more about what's going on here, right?

The mother of this infant lives at Goose Creek at Neon in Letcher County.

another female, works at this Dairy Mart here at Lakeway and Sassafras.

They all live up in Goose Creek and Neon, right?

they've advised me told the girl that works here at the dairy bar that she was having duck work done on her residence, and she was going to leave the baby here with her while she went back home.

I'm going to gather more information as I speak to this subject more.

But the girl that she left her with, her mother works here at the dairy bar as well, and she has the baby here.

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