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Garbage truck hits traffic light causing hazard, Newton MA

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Centre St & Washington St, Newton, MA 02458

A green garbage truck struck a low-hanging traffic light at the intersection near Centre St and Washington St. This caused the traffic light to dangle by its wiring, creating a traffic hazard at the intersection.

Audio|Source: Newton Police and Fire
01:58
Transcript:
00:00
just check for a traffic light that's reported to be hanging on by a wire.
00:06
Control them off on St. James, too.
00:10
Roger.
00:17
3.
00:19
Mike, Papa, Juliet, 98.
00:23
Stand by.
00:30
That comes back active to a grade 2007 Honda Odyssey, registered to (name withheld).
00:55
That vehicle is registered to that party, but he doesn't have an active license, and he's out of, oh,
01:03
we actually don't have an address for him here on Sieger's standby.
01:24
The center street at Washington Street for its Jukar, MVA.
01:31
Roger.
01:44
The correction there, green garbage truck hit a low-hanging light.
01:54
Roger, I'll be pulling off in a second.
01:57
Roger.

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Centre St & Washington St, Newton, MA 02458

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