Flatbed truck knocks down traffic signal pole in Glenshaw, Glenshaw PA
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TrafficA flatbed truck hit a traffic signal pole near Spencer Lane and Glenshaw Crossing, knocking it down and blocking the roadway. Power lines are down. Police, fire, and PennDOT are responding to manage the situation.
Audio|Heard on: North Police Ch. 1
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Transcript:
00:00
County 217 on a mouth.
00:01
We have a pole across southbound and one lane in northbound.
00:06
Copy.
00:09
30's out as well.
00:13
6-2, same traffic.
00:21
20 and 12 is out an ammo.
00:25
Copy.
00:33
217. 20179, Connie.
00:37
I understand the hole that pulls up the traffic lights is what was taken down.
00:43
Is that going to be Duques light or is that going to be traffic management?
00:58
All right, your response was broken, repeat.
01:07
Okay, 2162, I believe this is a PennDOT issue here.
01:12
It's completely taken down and a flatbed just totaled near the side of the road.
01:20
Alright, so it's going to be a PennDOT notification for that.
01:26
Yeah, it's always the signal that right at Spencer Lane, not Spencer Lane extension, Spencer Lane Pass Glenshaw Crossing that alerts the north-bine traffic of the signal ahead.
01:49
21 24 that's going to be bruce that's going to be bruce a mayor least we're responsible for those
02:07
And it's completely down.
02:12
Okay, just the signal ahead there, not the signal itself.
02:17
Now the whole pole, everything is down on the ground, he took it out completely.
02:23
Copy, Connie, I'll make that notification for you.
02:28
Copy, thank you.
02:36
Chief, I'm not sure with part of his evening to be salvageable.
02:47
Hey, Rick, can you hold up southbound?
02:52
We're going to do.
03:02
62, I know you're busy, send this photo when you can.
03:09
Standby, right, we'll wait until we get fire, police,
03:12
northbound at the cross zone.
03:13
There's got.
03:20
21929 to 2124, I send you a picture to your phone.
03:27
20 and 30, clear from the Magistrate.
03:37
I'll go down to the crossing.
03:44
Uh yeah, if you want to close it so fire please give it.
03:51
Okay, send them across the track as you get there.
04:00
County 2124.
04:05
21204.
04:06
Have you notified Dikmen, Mike, for that just to make sure the wiring is shut down?
04:17
Government call.
04:20
Thank you. If you can mark Bruce the mayor leaves is notified.
04:23
They got about a 60-minute ETA.
04:26
You copy that, Direct Rich?
04:32
Yeah,
04:33
I got that.
04:36
Rich, anything else you need there?
04:40
We're going to need cruiseos here.
04:42
I don't know what they're going to do.
04:43
It's just a flatbed with two cars on it.
04:46
Yeah, man.
04:49
Okay, I'll get Paul called and I'll send him the picture that I got.
04:53
Uh,
04:54
7-9, send me the picture.
04:57
Okay.
05:01
Shane.
05:08
Shane, you can clear all this traffic.
05:09
I have a block here at the crossing.
05:11
It's up.
05:20
Sailor unit, just to confirm you guys up wires down, correct.
05:30
Just whatever wires were fire in the pool, break in from the ground, there's nothing beneath.
05:36
Electroslap.
05:43
2130 from that picture those wires overhead might come from the pole on the hills that are hanging down toward the leaves so it'd be safe to have them check those
05:56
they're on scene now yeah thanks you copy bruce and mary leaves will be about an hour
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Spencer Ln, Glenshaw, PA
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