Broken utility pole causes road closure in Earl Township, Lancaster County PA
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Road ClosureAs discussed during the dispatch call, a utility pole broke at the intersection of Lowry Road and New Holland Road in Earl Township. Emergency and utility units responded and closed the roads to control traffic and ensure safety.
Audio|Heard on: Lancaster PA Fire-Talk Group Calls
Listen to dispatch call
01:36
Transcript:
00:00
Can you come back, New Holland Road or Lowry Road? There's another pole snap here.
00:05
Joppy, I'll come back that one.
00:09
4911, are you calling?
00:12
Copy me, Captain.
00:14
We've got another pole down, normal township.
00:17
New Holland Road and Lowry.
00:20
Deputy 39, copied that pole at Lowry and New Holland.
00:26
Deputy from utility, 49.
00:29
Go ahead.
00:32
You want me, guys? Kate, uh, hand in the route.
00:36
Offer, if you're in the area, uh,
00:39
take that in for us. I'll be ahead and relax.
00:42
Copy, I, that line.
00:46
Forty-49, where's the pole at?
00:51
Captain 49, it's a Lowry Road and New Holland Road.
00:56
Is that you there on the corner?
00:59
That's correct.
01:01
Okay, then we're going to have to close it here, and we're going to have to go up to the Peters Road and close it.
01:08
Yep.
01:10
Okay, I got it here if you go up to the other end.
01:16
39 deputies coming down the hill now.
01:18
He can look at it.
01:19
I think it's been hit before.
01:22
Are we going to have to close this or what are we going to do here?
01:26
I'll leave Deputy 39 make that choice.
01:28
He's coming down the hill.
01:29
Oh, that's what?
01:31
There's got cars behind me, too.
01:34
It's holding for right now.
01:36
I'll go to Jericho.
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Location mentioned:
Lowry Rd & New Holland Rd, Earl Township, PA 17557
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