Truck knocks down utility pole and blocks road near Oxbow Lake, Lake Pleasant NY
TrafficA truck hit and pulled down a utility pole and wires near Oxbow Lake on State Route. The fallen pole and wires completely block the road. National Grid and communications were notified to respond and traffic is being turned around due to the blockage.
Audio|Source: Hamilton County Fire and Law Enforcement, Amateur Radio, and DOT
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Transcript:
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Respond to nearest residence address we have is near State Route 8 for a truck that pulled down a pole and wires.
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Repeating, respond to near State Route 8 for a truck that pulled down wires and the pole.
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Fire dispatch out, 1510.
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Our dispatch.
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The location of our call.
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Repeat that please.
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This is fine.
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What's the name for a lake plus call? What's the location?
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near State Route.
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near Oxbow Lake on the area of the line.
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A truck pulled down south pole and wires.
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511 is in route.
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Received in route, 1511.
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Fire dispatch, this is Pico.
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511's on scene.
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511 on scene, 1513.
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Player of dispatchers 511, no prior national grids are going to need a telephone pole to, uh,
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at this location, the pole's right broken off.
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Received, 1514.
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Natural Grids notified.
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1514. Okay.
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Area 140 at 511.
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5-1-1s-on.
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Yeah, Bill, do you need any help on this side? The traffic is back up quite a way.
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Is that blocking the road completely? It's totally blocking the road.
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If you can get them turned around, block it up down there where they can turn around,
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because there's nothing they're going to up here.
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So, National Grid gets on scene.
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I'll start turning them around right now.
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Okay. 511 Danny Lake Pleasant truck.
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Dan,
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go ahead. Yeah, the setup about the AXpo road and you can slow them down and tell them they're going to have to turn around go the other way.
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Copy that.
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511, the fire dispatch.
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Fire dispatch, on?
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Yeah, you're going to have to notify Frontier communications.
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Their phone line is also compromised.
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Receive, can I get a poll number on that?
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Well, give me a minute.
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Copy. 15, 17.
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Number 225.
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Receive 225.
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1517.
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511, clear.
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Near NY-8, Lake Pleasant, NY 12108
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