Downed power lines block lane near Dead Hill Road, Durham CT
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According to the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to downed electrical wires causing a partial lane blockage near Dead Hill Road in Durham, Connecticut. Barricades were placed for public safety.
Audio|Heard on: Statewide CT Public Works Group Calls
Listen to dispatch call
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Transcript:
00:00
Near Dead Hill Road, there are primary wires on the ground.
00:06
No smoke, no fire, nothing like that though.
00:11
On the ground, not in road.
00:13
It's in the road, but the primaries are all tangled in it.
00:18
The road's passable.
00:20
It's rising up two barricades to block the one lane.
00:24
And this goes pole to pole or pole to house?
00:28
Pole to pole.
00:30
Thank you.
00:31
Base two, could you send up two barricades to block one lane?
00:38
Block it away from where the wires are down at least a hundred yards.
00:44
(name withheld), are you on the air?
00:46
(name withheld), where am I going with barricades?
00:50
Dead Hill Road.
00:51
Dead Hill Road.
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Location mentioned:
R Dead Hill Rd, Durham, CT 06422
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