Vehicle hits utility pole causing fire and road hazard, Irwin PA
TrafficA red SUV hit a utility pole on Route 130 near Premier Medical. The pole snapped and caught fire, and wires are down across the road. The SUV went over a hillside. The driver fled on foot and the passenger was found by police. Injuries are not known.
Audio|Source: Westmoreland County Police Dispatch
03:29
Transcript:
00:00
That's flat down, Route 130 near Premier Medical.
00:04
Looks like a pole was snapped in.
00:09
It's on fire if you want to know the fire department.
00:15
There's going to be wires across the road as well.
00:19
We just received a call for 4035 Route 130 for a vehicle accident.
00:26
I'm not sure if this is a separate incident or it's all related.
00:31
Looks like it's going to be related.
00:34
This is a red SUV down in the woods it looks like.
00:41
They're now advising that the vehicle struck the pole and is now over the hillside unknown injuries, so they must have hit that pole you're talking about. All right, ten four.
00:54
I'll try to make my way to the car.
00:58
Ten four, we're starting firing you miss.
01:03
86, you need one of us to go around and shut the road from the west side.
01:12
I'll let you know you're in a second.
01:18
It's like you can go under the pole in the opposite lane on Route 130.
01:27
Stafford, passing, thank you, sir.
01:36
If we can block it at the sunrise route 130 that'll be good. 86. 2928, Zula, Yankee Papa, 7915.
01:49
77. If you want to block it on that end, I'm under the wire, I'll block it over here.
02:03
186? Good.
02:06
28's current invalid 1 of 26, 2011, 2,0112 to Angelo Festa, (number withheld) Kennedy Drive out of Irwin.
02:15
All right, time 4.77. You'll be a block it down from your medical and have everybody get through that long?
02:21
No,
02:23
we'll just keep it blocked as it is. Clear the roadway.
02:34
We're going to have to block it at Gregerson, probably.
02:44
Request the owners.
02:46
That's here.
02:52
86. You with the driver, do we need to get near that? Truck it all? We're good.
02:59
Try to figure that out. It seems like the driver took off.
03:03
There's nobody in the car.
03:08
This transformer just paused them or back up and expand the area.
03:17
8677 I have the passenger here he's saying the driver left on foot to find help but this guy does not have a license so that's probably the driver
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Location mentioned:
Near PA-130 Suite 140, Irwin, PA 15642
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