Road closed on Broadway due to leaning utility pole, Westwood NJ
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Road ClosureAccording to the dispatch call, emergency personnel in Westwood responded to a safety issue on Broadway near an urgent care facility, where a leaning utility pole with hanging wires posed a public hazard. The scene was secured, and the road was closed temporarily as public works or utility teams were asked to address the issue.
Audio|Heard on: Bergen NJ Law Dispatch Group Calls
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02:37
Transcript:
00:00
95, you could just take a ride over to Broadway near the urgent care.
00:05
Westwood PD is reporting that there's a telephone pole leaning in the area.
00:09
Advise we need FB.
00:12
Okay.
00:15
Good opportunity to sign 62 as well.
00:17
(name withheld).
00:21
62's in the area.
00:23
We're just 2019.
00:26
Oh,
00:28
(name withheld), this is actually a problem.
00:33
I'm going to give you a pole number, but they got to get out here like ASAP.
00:35
We've got low-hanging wires going across Broadway.
00:40
All right, we see, in 62.
00:42
Do you need the hard department in the meantime?
00:45
Negative, nothing's needed from the fire department, but public service needs to get out here quickly.
00:51
(name withheld), working on a call horizon.
00:52
When you're ready, just give me the call number.
00:56
Call public service. They're going to have to do the work first.
01:01
Pay from PS.
01:02
PS PS.
01:04
Thanks you too. I'm ready for the call number when you got it.
01:08
There's 62 Coms.
01:09
This is going to be directly in front of the urgent care.
01:14
The pole— you can actually hear it cracking.
01:19
62149 H.A.
01:24
62149 Hotel Dango?
01:27
Hotel Delta.
01:29
Hotel Delta to receive a startup PS free.
01:33
Yeah, (name withheld).
01:35
There's a whole line really low, but it's not even connected.
01:40
I have the end of it on one side of the pole.
01:42
I'm going to see if I can just cut it myself, but the power line is hanging pretty low as well.
01:48
Any big trucks come through, it's going to get taken down.
01:52
All right, we too.
01:53
He said he's got the phone with him.
01:54
He's going to let them know.
01:57
This is actually a real emergency.
02:00
This is going down.
02:04
Receive, I just advised them, OTA, but they're en route.
02:08
You know what? Have Westwood shut down Broadway at the south entrance of the Kmart lot.
02:20
Receive.
02:27
(name withheld), this is actually going to be a serious situation.
02:31
So let Westwood know they've got to get out there right away and shut it down.
02:34
This whole thing could come down at any minute.
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Broadway, Westwood, NJ
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