Vehicle hits power pole; power lines down on Route 85, Boone County WV
TrafficA vehicle crashed into a power pole near Gerald's Branch on Pond Fork Road, causing power lines to fall onto Route 85. The road is shut down and the power company has been notified to address the downed lines.
Audio|Source: Boone County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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The 85 is going to be shut down.
00:02
Go ahead and get hold of utility companies.
00:06
Bives in their lines are all laying across Route 85, about two to five foot off the ground.
00:13
It doesn't appear that the electricity is affected.
00:22
Ten, four, we already contacted AEP.
00:30
Three control of there.
00:41
Did you, by chance, tone 600 for this?
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I think of Cole,
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navigation 40 respond.
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Glaming rates for $200.
00:54
We had a couple of copy page.
00:56
I haven't went in a route yet.
00:57
I can tone 600 if needed.
01:00
No, if you don't care, just see if you call it the firehouse.
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If anybody there, Brick.
01:09
Go ahead.
01:12
If there is, see if they can go Route 85s and get me a video of a flag truck and a flatbed hauling a bulldozer so I can get some information off of it later.
01:25
They've clipped the pole and ripped it down and continue to go up 85.
01:30
I don't have anybody on 85 to get the information.
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282.
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204,
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I'll give a call.
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282.
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282, shooting out, 1034.
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You can see right there on Pond Fork Road, cross street, Gerald's Branch.
01:55
I have a one car in VC into a power pole.
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Lines are in the roadway.
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AEP has been contacted.
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Location mentioned:
Pond Fork Rd, West Virginia
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