A catastrophic 12-vehicle chain reaction on the streets of Las Vegas leaves a massive trail of destruction, forcing first responders into one of the most intense and chaotic rescue operations of the year. Today, we are breaking down the raw, unfiltered body cam footage to see exactly how police secure a crash site of this magnitude, manage the chaos, and begin piecing together the evidence to find out exactly who caused this devastating pileup. Let's dive into the footage. Traffic essentially shut down in all directions of travel. Uh next one's going to be two, George. Ocean Dave, paper George. >> Where's the driver of this car? That's that one? That's the driver. Uh he just got minor lacerations. As the officer arrives, he's immediately thrust into a chaotic scene. Instantly, his training takes over. We just broke the window. There's one trapped, one on the floor. Uh I think I got >> Okay. That's one Okay. >> Everybody out of THE STREET, PLEASE. EVERYONE OUT of the street. First seat belt, first seat belt. >> cut that seat belt? Two of them. I got one. I got I got one. I got to take it. Sir. Quick, is that Sir. Help me. Sir, can you wake up? Hey. This one looks down. >> a pulse. This one looks down. >> Okay. He said he has a pulse. He's definitely a Signal 3X1. We have one subject that's going to be stuck in the passenger seat of a gray sedan. >> has a pulse, though. small pulse. This white one? Yeah, on the Okay, radio, she you got him? We couldn't get him Well, we didn't want to get him out, but there's two people in there. She's She's still alive. Okay, mama, don't move, okay? I just need And X-ray one on the north side of the intersection, white sedan. Female stuck in that vehicle, light pulse as well. Just keep talking. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, look, look, papa, don't move, don't move. You can't move right now, okay? Just wait. Just wait, okay? Just wait. Just wait. One more light pulse over here. Okay. Can you step up onto the sidewalk, please? Thank you so much. Let's get this person out of the road. Hey. Get out of the road, please. And uh 3X1, we're going to need traffic essentially shut down in all directions of travel. Okay. Area units are reminded you want shutting down there. Start shutting down there. Hey, sir. We got to shut up. We able to Hey, you You know what, brother? Have you seen a black and white SUV we can get them this way and try to block off the Yeah, we're going to just try to get all four >> you guys as much as I can and then once you guys all get here, I'll get going. Cool, thanks, brother. Did he didn't move so I can check her? Can he move? Two patients. She's in and out of consciousness. Communicating that West Bound Johnson Channel. Hey. Can you get him? I need him just move so I can assess her. >> Okay. Hey, can you get her out, man? Please. >> to keep his Keep his neck stable. Keep your neck Try not to move your neck, okay? I'll hold this. I'll hold this side, all right? Can he just Can he step? Can he step out? Just set him straight on the ground. We'll do a traction over to the sidewalk. Sit down. Get him on his butt. Hey, sit down. Sit up. Sit down. Can he walk? Can he walk? We're going to go right here, okay? You're going to have to sit or lay down, okay? Can you do that? Lean up against this box. Do you have any unit walking East Bound? Stay there for me, okay? You good? You good right here while we get her out? You good to sit up? Stay right here, okay? No, not alive. Light pulse on this one we got. Uh 48, 1 copy 4. Paul Lincoln, 1695 Nevada is going to be the white Nissan with a female trapped inside. F D's trying to get her out right now. And I'll give you a handful more in just a sec. Uh, next one's going to be two George Ocean Dave 830 George Lincoln Nevada. All occupants are out. Uh, next one's going to be 609 609 easy zero Nevada. Female trapped inside, they're trying to get her out as well. Uh, 183 Frank 87 Nevada. All occupants are out of the vehicle. Uh, we have at least nine or 10 vehicles in the crash. Watch your eyes. Opening up over here. All right, let's start sending up tape. Yeah. >> We need to get these people back. >> Yeah, we'll set up the tire sidewalk right here. Yeah. And this one? Yeah. I pulled a female out of this car. People under the car here? Yeah. Two about 50? Yeah. Where's the driver to this car? That's that one? That's the driver. Uh, he he just got minor lacerations. Got it. His name's Jose. Uh I I was going to I triaged her. She was short. Um, but he's like two like probably 350, 450. Couldn't get him out of the car. So. >> Got it. Where's your vehicle parked at so we know? >> Okay. The Raptor. >> The Raptor, cool. >> [snorts] >> Just Yeah, just start at the end and come all the way down. With the the silver car? They're going to end up smashing her head if we don't just rotate her a little bit when they pull him out. He's [ __ ] massive. on the ground. Okay. Yeah. What else you got? If you lose your If she goes out, he ain't >> Well, is there anything else we can do? Do you have any stick it? No, I ran out. I'll be good. Thank you. Be cool. Hey, we have to put down back here. Yeah, I would Well, yeah, I would. All right, I'm going to put my car in there. Cool. All right, we go. Yeah, next street down. Do you have any Do you have any of those on you? I don't. I can point you in the direction of the guy who will know in just a second. Okay, thank you. All right, what's next? Uh 7 down, sciatic nerve bar. Uh I'm just trying to get information on where they're going and and names cuz we don't have any information on the people on Maybe we can get who is driving I know the bill the 49 female apparently was a passenger from here male is over by rescue over there. His name was you said Jose, right? Driver that's the only name it's going to be Jose so we're just going to find out where he's going. Uh that apparent I would safely say is probably the cause. Who was in the back one? Huh? Yeah that's what I thought through everything. Uh did you log this one? Yeah I did. Okay. Uh the one I don't have a plate for is this this The one that the teen was in? Yeah. Uh Can't see a wallet or anything. No. Uh Glove box, paperwork, written We got one ID. You got an ID? It's like a work ID. >> Roll with this. Uh Yeah, I don't see anything on this side of the glove box. Maybe I can grab the VIN here. Yeah. No, it's it's all [ __ ] clogged up. I can't even get the VIN. No, we just got to see if he's got any cars registered to him. I know they ex- somebody out All right. I looked under. I couldn't find one. That's probably like all shifted in there anyway, so it wouldn't even be worth it. Where's your car at? Okay. Over there. There's three people in here. Dude, was this car touched? I mean, there's just debris's on it. >> Hold this stand by. We'll stand by until FD's wrapped up with their equipment. Um we probably I would probably safe to say that we probably need to take photographs when Tommy is here just because of the debris. Um So yeah. I'm sorry, mate. Um just hang tight for a little bit. FD's doing uh some stuff with hoses and equipment by your car. Once our traffic investigator shows up, then we can try to work on getting you out of here. You have what? Oh, you actually got struck? Okay, yeah, then the car has to stay here because it's it's a mass scale accident. Uh we it's it's all a crime scene right now. Since you got the baby, just hang tight in the car. All right, I don't want you standing out in the cold with him. He's Okay. Okay, and then if you need anything specific for us that we can try to accommodate, okay? And if I'll be around. Anybody's around, just yell at us and we'll You have You have somebody looking over you today. I'll just say that. Yeah. 100%. I'm glad you're okay. I'm glad the baby's okay. How was that? Yeah. Mate, mate, you got it. of those like reconsiderations for the next time, you know? But I'm I'm grateful to everybody in in this fire department. 42 was basically initially in command. After rescue 40 after rescue 9. And then I believe 42 might be transporting 44. Okay. Yeah, anything else? EMS 1 is by himself. No, 94 is in charge. Basically it gets set up, we'll get talking first, get an overall picture what's going on, get units involved. Then the engine because the company officer the engine company company officer uh takes over takes over command. Cool. Uh you got the plate or no? Okay, cool. For sure. Where'd you come from? I moved down here. I just moved here say hi. from from Denver. Okay. Yeah. Yeah, from Denver. How long you been up here? Uh since January. Okay. What's your plan? Well, chilling. [laughter] Very nice. Cool. >> Yeah, man. Chilling. I really appreciate you. Hello. But thank you for everything. Uh I'm going to grab your plate just cuz you were out here. Yeah. I need to put the new tag on it. What? It's You don't mind giving this to someone church? I'm out of here. I don't want to be in trouble here cuz I'm still here. >> I got you, bro. Thank you so much. >> Yeah, y'all be safe, man. You want to I didn't check that car. Uh yeah. I didn't even see that. No. We got the driver out. There's a passenger. Um very small pulse in that guy there. And they have the activator. Okay. Unknown citizen 10-7. Yeah. Um Hey, are we getting all the drivers over there? Is this your truck, sir? I said keep all the drivers on that side. Traffic is trying to talk to all Okay, we're going to facilitate getting him out of here. He's off duty from Denver. Um he came to help just get his Oh, oh. So you weren't involved in this? Okay. Okay, cool. I got all his info. I got his wife's info. Vehicle info. Could you see it or you were just helping people pull people out? I was right here and I just >> [clears throat] >> saw all the stuff and I just started pulling people out of the wreckage. So And quick question. Did you see this black There's a black guy over there that killed the person back and take on him. Go, go, go. >> She might have to. She was on the other side. Okay, that's fine. Then if he wasn't involved in it, and you have his information he needs to go. Just make sure he gets ordered, right? Right. I'm going to we'll probably pull into this mall. Or or right Oh, dude. As long as they don't mess with the scene. No, I am. Yeah. Uh let me check this Yeah, we can get you under this tape. And then we can get you out of this parking lot that way. Thanks, bro. Yep. You can have to go that way. Who's the off-duty that was helping? Yeah, follow me. There we go. We'll just go north. Here you go. Uh Sir? Can I follow off-duty? Please do as well. Uh yeah, absolutely. Yep. Hey, uh P number's pulling out. Off-duty in the Raptor. Can you get out over here? Later, brother. So, somehow cars get through here. Yeah, they're going to have to I think they're probably trying to just get around uh Cheyenne. They're probably trying to get around Cheyenne over here. Um they're just going to have to loop back in and go back. Or go north here. Uh yeah, [ __ ] it. They're just going to have to go back around. Okay. So, yeah, just stay in the car for me real quick. This is a hell of a scene. Jesus Christ. First aid. Hey. There's a woman. Please help. Hey. Please help. Hey, hey, where's the woman? Hey, don't move him. Don't move him. Don't move him. Hey, don't move him. Okay, hey, everyone I need to get everyone out of the street. Everyone out of the street. Okay. Everyone out of the street, please. Hey, woman. They're saying she's 419. I need everyone out of the street, please. Everyone out of the street. So, brush up on your 5.0. Looks like they have one beyond help. So, brush up on your cable over here. There's a guy over there too that's trapped in there. There was a person over there too. Be careful that one's on fire. Is anyone else Sir, can you wake up? Hey, this one looks down right here. This one's trapped. Hey, are you awake? Hey, are you awake? Someone's trapped in there. Yes, he's trapped in the vehicle. >> Okay. Is someone in there? Is there someone in there? And 10-1 on the north side of the intersection Nobody is in there. No, okay. No. Oh my Wake up. Wake up. Hey. So So I'm going to try to get him out, okay? Uh we got to get him out to that side. Wait for the fire Hey, so we got one in here. He looks like he's unconscious. We have one one with a uh driver. I'm not going to I'm not going to lie. Uh this one's this one's awake. Coming in and out. And we have another one trapped in the vehicle over here. Okay. This one looks like we can get him out. Okay, yep. Yeah, there's one more up there that's trapped. Hey, we'll Hey, can you guys get out of the road, please? And uh 381, we're going to need traffic Can you go that way? They're in all lanes of travel. You got to You got to back ma'am, it's okay. She's very Back there, buddy. She was talking to us for a minute. Her eyes were She's still looking at me. She's still talking. She's going to give me mouth. He's coming in and out. He doesn't know what's going on. So >> Okay. Hey, uh units are arriving. You're going to start shutting down that intersection and my Hey, sir. You guys have a Hey, I'm going to try Hey, can you guys help me with him? Yeah, yeah. 381, 381 Does your car hurt? How's your neck? It's all good. All right, we need a unit to uh Where do you need him? I need him just move so I can assess her. >> Okay. Hey, we need to get you out, man. Please. We have Keep his neck stable. Keep your neck Try not to move your neck, okay? Hold this up, all right? Can you Can you step Can you step out? Just have him sit on the ground. We'll do a uh check him over to the side. Yeah, get him on his back. Hey, sit down. Sit down. Sit down. You can go right here, okay? We're going to have you sit lay down, okay? Can you do that? Lean up against this box. Let me go. Let me go. Just stay there for me, okay? Very very non-responsive. I'm going to start logging plates. Light pulse at 10. Was your car involved? Okay, just go on the sidewalk for me, okay? Can you do that for me, please? Just go on the sidewalk. Do you have your keys? Okay, keep your keys. You go on the sidewalk. Are you injured? Okay, just go on the sidewalk and we'll get you medical attention, okay? Can you do that for me? Please? Okay. 12X35. Next plate, George King 7497. Driver's claiming she's injured, but she's able to move the vehicle. Well, I said he didn't. You sure? Female trapped inside. They're trying to get her out as well. 183, Frank 87, Nevada. All occupants are out of the vehicle. 12X35. Next plate, Mary Mary 0398. There's no one in the vehicle, but it's definitely damaged. Is your vehicle? Are you injured? Okay. All right, let's start sending up tape. Yeah. We need to get these people back. >> set this entire sidewalk right here. It's 10-7. There's a passenger in this car. >> In this one? Yeah, I pulled I pulled him out of this car. She pulled out of this car right here? >> Yeah, she came out that side. >> out that passenger seat? Yes, she had to be, yeah. Where's the driver of that car? >> Are you okay? Yeah, I'm good. Okay, it's going to be kind of a [ __ ] show. Um, if you need anything, call me. I just need you to wait here for right now, okay? I'm so sorry. >> That's okay. Hey, I'm going to be putting up tape. Do you mind just getting everyone back a little bit? Thanks. Hey guys, I need you guys to back up, please. Everyone back. >> Downtown three. Three miles. We put both drivers, non-injured drivers, on both sides of the sidewalk over here. So Okay. Except for this this SUV has three people sitting in it. They're not hurt. They're in the middle of all this. Okay. Do you know where they're being transported to? The ones that are injured? The ones that are taking right now are going to go to trauma. Going to trauma? Do you know how many? What's that? Do you know how many are going to UMC trauma right now? Okay. I can point you in the direction of the guy You will know in just a second. Okay. Thank you. Uh Caesar here. Uh I'm just trying to get information on where they're going and names. Do you know how to get information on the people over there? Maybe we can get who is driving, who Male is over by rescue over there. His name was We said Jose, right? Driver is One of the names is maybe Jose. So we just got to find out where he's going. Uh that apparent, I would safely say is probably the cause. Who's in the back, huh? Huh? Who was the one that comes from the back? >> I am. Hey. Okay. Uh did you lock this one? Yeah, I did. Okay. Uh the one I don't have a plate for is this this main one. The one that's uh 419 was it? Yeah. Um Maybe the door has the VIN. Let's do uh staging area at those at hospital on Cheyenne. Glove box, paperwork, right? I'll try the paperwork in there. Yeah, my ID. Yeah. Control 580, my unit that's walking to the east of Cheyenne and Jones. Uh push it a little further to the west because there's vehicles that are coming out of this Silver Creek Road going eastbound? 3854, I'm trying to turn them back into that train parking lot. 3854, copy. You want to push them into the Bonita parking lot? That's confirmed and then they can go over and make the exit on the north north side of the intersection. I want to send you Copy, I'm moving up. Who pushed this glass out? The last vehicle turning right to the north side of the 12 to be a great left turn and shut down. We need to move this car. Yo, does this car touch? I think there's Hey, was your car at all involved in the accident? You're hit in the back? Okay. Are you able to get you guys out of the car? Just grab Yeah. Just stand by. What's that? Stand by until after he's wrapped up with their equipment. Um Probably Yeah, I would probably say to say that we probably need to take photographs. What time did it happen? 1491 critical and another one that they're still working on right now. They're going to stop for a while. 3854, I'm going to call back. If you can just get vehicle's information over to the chat. So, this is 35. I'll work on getting all the medical units over here. Hey, uh, what what unit are you guys with? I'm Engine 9. Engine 9? Engine 9. First unit to arrive is going to be Rescue 9. It's basically a basically a triage group. Rescue 9 was first? Okay. Yes. Engine 42, which is your captain right here, I know. he is basically going to be set off with extrication off of the east side over here. Extrication? So, their one of their patient came out and is being transported to UMC. I believe it was a female. Yeah. So, Engine 42 is extricating someone that's going to Extricating and then basically my medic off of this rescue went in with that one. They're going to UMC Trauma with one female. Okay. What do you That's Engine or Rescue 9 with Rescue 9 paramedic. I still have Rescue 9 here with the firemen. That way if I need another transport unit. Oh, so Rescue 9 and Rescue 9 paramedic are separate? Rescue 9 paramedic. I split my crew so that way they can have an AMR unit. Because initially they were set to triage. How many patients do we got? How many people do we need? Things like that. So, they can't transport. They're not doing the minor stuff. They're doing the overall stuff. Okay. So, but because once the incident chief takes over and starts saying who's getting what, Yeah. then that way he's able to either transport, but because he wasn't set up and an and an AMR unit took the patient, he rode in just to provide additional help. Got you. Okay. Okay. And then besides those three units, any You want to get them all in over here? Uh, Battalion 4 is going to be command. Okay. Heavy Rescue 44, which is over here, is going to be extrication group. Heavy Rescue 44? Okay. And also to assist is 53, also extrication group. 42 was basically initially in command after uh Rescue 40 or after Rescue 9. And then I believe 42 might be transporting. 44 is still available for transport. And then you have EMS one as medical group. EMS one is medical, okay. Anything else? Uh, who is EMS one with? EMS one is by himself. He's to the right over here. This is the chief over here. EMS one. And then 42 is in charge, right? Or the battalion chief? Battalion chief is in charge. Basically, it gets set up, who gets on team first, gets an overall picture of what's going on, gets units involved. Then the engine because the company officer, an engine company, a company officer, takes over. Takes over command. But because there's so many units and the times you got to let the chief take command after that. So, it kind of gets staggered up. Got you. So, pretty much the next ranking pulls up and they take over. It's only because these are more practical rather rather than strategy, right? Okay, you know? Got you. Yeah, I got you. Jimmy, you're in investigations. No, it's going to it's going to be a Okay, appreciate you guys. Code four. Yeah.