Low hanging power line closes county road to large trucks, Atlantic County NJ
Road ClosureFire crews found a power line hanging lower than 11 feet over a county road in Atlantic County, NJ. This unsafe clearance requires closing the road to large truck traffic. Electricity company and county officials were notified. Police are on scene directing traffic until utility crews arrive to fix the issue.
Audio|Source: Atlantic County Fire
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Transcript:
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I was advised, but you did tell you that it was a power line.
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It is hanging low, it's lower than 11 feet,
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so we're not going to be able to have any kind of large truck traffic.
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If you want to reach out to a county, I'll let them know, because I believe this is a county road.
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I've identified the electric on they have a square way ready.
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I've had been a little broken up.
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Did they give you an ETA?
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Good.
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They're just advising our CID detectives in route.
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She said they had a crew in the route.
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They have a crew available.
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Okay, receive.
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They can do a phone call to 1580.
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They may not be needed.
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I'm going to remain on location with PD.
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We'll just try and manually direct traffic for now until they can get here.
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Atlantic County, NJ
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