Vehicle damages light pole near Chattanooga airport, Chattanooga TN
TrafficOfficers responded to a damaged and leaning light pole with debris and hanging wires near Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport. The damage was possibly caused by a vehicle that left the scene without reporting the incident.
Audio|Source: Chattanooga Airport Public Safety
03:57
Transcript:
00:00
Yeah. Officer, she is advising that you drove right past the utility truck.
00:06
Okay, I wouldn't, I saw that, but I wasn't sure if that was the vehicle that had hit the pole or not.
00:16
Let me see if I can get caught up with them.
00:19
Copy that.
00:25
19 and 18, when you turn around and come back this way, there's going to be little debris in the road right outside the garage.
00:33
So just watch that wire.
00:36
Uh, 19 and 18, let me know if I need to call CPDR enabling.
00:45
19.
00:46
Hi, 19.
00:52
You can probably bow that description out to CPD.
00:57
I made it back down here to airport and Franer, and I hadn't seen anything unless he went up toward the interstate or nothing.
01:05
Okay, I want to know that we just search and I didn't find anything, but to keep your eyes open.
01:14
Yeah, I mean, there is damage to that pole.
01:18
I mean, that might be classified as a hit and run property damage, not to anything.
01:26
Call me that.
01:32
18, dispatch.
01:34
Go ahead and call CPD so they come out.
01:37
They may need to make an accident or death because the pole is kind of leaning.
01:43
Confident, I have them on the line now.
01:45
Will you be standing by for them to talk to you?
01:49
That's correct.
01:51
We'll just stand by here, the little lights, because you can't see it when,
01:56
unless you drive around up on it.
02:01
318, when the truck went ahead and left, when they had any north or south on Airport Road.
02:07
Well, the truck wasn't here when we got here.
02:10
I didn't see the truck.
02:15
19, it was going toward Brandon Road, so it could have turned off on Shepard and looked around.
02:27
Trinity, Kane, there's no wires hanging, correct?
02:35
Gregor's wire's hanging in some pieces lying to the side and the pole like it's leaning a bit.
02:47
They may know who to call to come take care of this.
02:49
I'm not sure if this is an electric power boy problem or somebody else's a problem with the light.
02:54
13 is no land of traffic is it? 18 seconds.
03:01
Is the wires that are hanging us up in the bush is not in the lane of traffic, correct?
03:11
It's partially in the lane.
03:13
Yeah,
03:15
it's portion in the lane.
03:16
You cannot see the wire hanging unless you drive right up on it.
03:22
The power may be out to this, I'm just not sure.
03:32
319 9-1-1 CPC is going to have EPD on the way out there to do some repairs, get everything out of the road, get everything all cleaned up.
03:44
Any officers on his way to speak to you as well?
03:49
Okay, Tim, I'm clear.
03:50
Yeah, to provide him it's not a wood pole light, it's a metal pole light.
03:56
Copy this.
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Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (CHA), 1001 Airport Rd, Chattanooga, TN 37421
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