Road closed due to fallen wires and outage, Newark DE
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Road ClosureAs discussed during the dispatch call, road crews and responders reported a full road closure near Upper Pike Creek due to fallen electrical wires and a power outage. Cones and barriers were placed, and workers from Delmar were noted on the scene.
Audio|Heard on: New Castle DE Public Works Group Calls
Listen to dispatch call
01:11
Transcript:
00:00
Eleven to 16, we got it shut down down down here.
00:05
Copy, I'm putting the hard closure out now.
00:08
The soft closure is up at the top.
00:11
I'll throw a few cones out too if you haven't already for the hard closure.
00:17
But you know how people are.
00:21
Copy, I am going to do that.
00:22
I already put a couple up at the soft as well.
00:26
Wow, Delmar was already here on this end.
00:30
Dang!
00:32
Major power outage.
00:35
Yeah, Davis, there's wires down up here that aren't attached to the tree.
00:41
I'm assuming they just got yanked down.
00:45
Yeah, like Hockessin Cookwood down.
00:53
Sixteen to eleven, the hard closure is out.
00:55
It's near Upper Pike Creek.
01:00
Job, do you see any Del Mar guys? They went in this end.
01:05
No, there was nobody.
01:06
The wires are hanging on my end, so sort of walk their way up.
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Location mentioned:
Upper Pike Creek Rd, Newark, DE 19711
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