Tree and power lines block lanes on West Jackson St, Morris IL
A tree fell on power lines on West Jackson Street causing a power pole to nearly collapse. Both the pole and wires are down and blocking lanes of traffic. Emergency responders are on site and traffic is being rerouted to avoid the hazard.
Audio|Source: Morris Police, Fire and EMS
02:12
Transcript:
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The Seneca 5 West Jax, Reed Olson's Auto Scrap Metal.
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To the power pole that's falling down, blocking lanes of traffic.
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Seneca Fire, Seneca, M.S., 354, West Jackson Street, Oceans,
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Auto, scrap metal.
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For the pole that's down, wires down, blocking traffic. Timeout, 1039.
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On the end of 39-11, throughout.
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All right, 39-11 in route.
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239-24 is en route 24 is in route 24 is in route
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339 24
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Go on.
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We have a tree and a power line down.
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If you have a tree and a power line blocking,
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that's all I got.
01:09
Yeah, the tree fell on the power lines. The pole is almost completely down, but still being held up by the wires.
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Can you see if you can get LaSalle County out here and try and start blocking traffic from the west? We cannot access it.
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Renni, under 311 is on the scene West Palm. Go ahead, start to tell that out here.
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Okay.
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3-9-24 from Rennie.
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Go ahead.
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Unless our county's been notified.
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It doesn't sound like they have one in the area, but don't get one to start that way.
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That's what we see. Grunty, 24 is going to clear scene. 11 is going to stay on its circuit.
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South Park.
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On the end of 3911.
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3911.
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You have Sonica B shut down westbound traffic going west out of Sonica on Route 6.
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W Jackson St, Morris, IL 60450
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