Utility pole snapped blocking road near E South St, Port Lavaca TX


A utility pole snapped near E South St, causing downed cable and telephone lines that blocked the road. There is no electrical hazard, but the disruption may cause accidental 911 calls while utilities respond to the situation.
Audio|Source: Lavaca County EMS
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Transcript:
00:00
ma'am, if you could call the local cable company, it appears to all be coaxial cable lines, no electrical.
00:08
There is going to be a snapped pole that there's too much for me to clear without bolt headers and some equipment.
00:27
Other two B advisors, there's also some quite a few telephone lines here, so might be getting some false 911 calls as they try and get this sorted.
00:42
Yes, we'll be calling it to these orders.
00:49
Counting for a minute, four.
00:55
County 502, do you have a close address?
01:02
Yes, ma'am. It's going to be near E South St.
01:07
Okay.
01:09
Okay.
01:15
County 502, you told you for response to say they do have a check-in-out.
01:23
Say again, ma'am, all I got with static.
01:27
Utility is en route.
01:31
That's good. Thank you, ma'am.
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