Truck on railroad tracks tilts utility pole with downed wires, Rensselaer NY

Traffic

Reported: 10/31/2025 03:19 AM

Near Railroad Ave, Rensselaer, NY 12144

A truck drove onto the railroad tracks near Railroad Ave, causing a utility pole to tilt and wires to fall down. National Grid was notified about the electrical hazard. The situation is now secured with no current hazards reported.

Audio|Source: Rensselaer County Fire and EMS - Digital

02:53

Transcript:

00:00

4-2. Squad 20 is going to be en route in a minute.

00:09

Svetch, Sassel Kart 2.

00:12

Assela Kart 2.

00:15

He also made notification of National Grid, National Grid Poll 8-0,

00:21

for primaries, low with a tilted pole coming down on the road.

00:30

I spoke with the complaining at near Railroad Ave.

00:34

States that the truckhead drove on the railroad tracks, I'll be taken a little bit.

00:42

Received to 623.

00:49

I can confirm a crew at this time. I have a driver meeting out scene.

00:53

Receive what J-ML is taken this morning.

00:56

Number two, three.

00:58

23, receive.

01:03

Glad two zero in dispatch.

01:06

So, that's zero.

01:09

We're going to be in Irving.

01:11

Racy. Any one knows if you're all sick, pneumonia, A-alpha?

01:14

Pretty soon.

01:23

You're going to be looking for a lifted F-150. He usually runs down to Hayes Road and back down.

01:30

Bridge or...

01:31

You usually bridge.

01:36

Praise.

01:41

Please zero nine starting.

01:45

I can go ahead.

01:49

(number withheld).

01:54

624. Zero four dispatch.

02:02

I have that truck in the railroads.

02:04

Say, RET.

02:08

appears to be a Dodge,

02:15

New York,

02:17

Lincoln Union, Paul, (number withheld).

02:24

(number withheld).

02:30

He's scrabish control, Clements, Kerlin.

02:34

Colin.

02:39

At this time, the wires stopped smoking.

02:43

It hasn't sparked in quite a while.

02:46

You can just make national notification, again, the national grid.

02:50

I'm going to secure station 8 from this location. There's no hazard at this time.

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