High-tension power line broken across Mechanic River, Enfield CT
Road ClosureA high-tension power line broke off at the insulator on the west side near the Mechanic River. One wire is crossing the river, and another wire is down on the ground near the canal on the Southfield side. The wire is not lying on the Amtrak train tracks but will be checked for safety.
Audio|Source: Enfield Police, Fire and EMS, Connecticut State Police Troop H
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Transcript:
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All right, I'm on scene with the wire.
00:04
If you can make a notification that Eversora, give on an update.
00:08
It's one of their high-tension power lines.
00:11
It's broken off at the insulator for the tower on the west side of the mechanic river.
00:18
So the wires going across the river.
00:21
And also,
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on the south-field side of the canal,
00:25
there's a cross-arm broken and the wire is on the ground.
00:31
Okay.
00:36
Roger.
00:41
Yeah, you got a vacation on the tower at all.
00:48
2nd3.
00:52
Is that interfering with the Amtrak at all?
01:02
It looks like they have a clearance to go under it.
01:08
It's going to be their call whether they want to check it out.
01:15
We've already notified on track just want to make sure it wasn't laying on the tracks, sir. Thank you.
01:22
Yeah, it's not laying on the tracks, but they're going to want to check it out to make sure it's a safe to operate.
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Enfield, CT 06082
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