Vehicle hits utility pole, lines sag over road, Vigo County IN


A caller reports a vehicle struck a utility pole in a bean field along the north side of Highway 42. The pole is broken and power lines are hanging low, nearly touching the road. The caller asks who owns the field and says the line runs from one pole across the highway to another pole.
Audio|Source: Terre Haute Public Safety and Vigo County Fire
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Transcript:
(number withheld). If you're still en route out here, disregard. (number withheld). Natural, (number withheld). Can you try to look up who owns the bean field along the north side of the road near 42? Someone snapped that pole clean. The power lines are almost down to the roadway. I have a low-hanging power line running from one pole across 42 to another pole.
(number withheld). If you're still en route out here, disregard. (number withheld). Natural, (number withheld). Can you try to look up who owns the bean field along the north side of the road near 42? Someone snapped that pole clean. The power lines are almost down to the roadway. I have a low-hanging power line running from one pole across 42 to another pole.
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IN-42, Indiana
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