Power line down blocking road near Walton Road, Jefferson Hills PA
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Road ClosureAccording to the dispatch call, a power line has fallen across the road near Walton Road and a driveway. Responders are uncertain if the line is live and are discussing closing the road to protect public safety due to the electrical hazard.
Audio|Heard on: Jefferson Hills Public Safety
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01:16
Transcript:
00:00
There is a power line across the road right here near this driveway.
00:07
What is it?
00:10
There's a power line across the road.
00:15
Hi,
00:16
Second. Pick them off the pole or did they yank it off the house? You know, if they yank it off the pole, it might be dead.
00:25
Or is it off the house and still alive? Can you tell or if not we're up to close roads?
00:32
I'm not 100% sure because the lines look like they go in the house and it looks like they're still on the house.
00:38
I think one might be off the pole.
00:41
But the guy who said he goes, it might be live.
00:49
And that's a real thing they might be, you know.
00:54
I was coming down Walton and the whole sky with a blue like three times.
00:58
I was really confused on that one.
01:01
Probably blew the transformer and went to ground.
01:04
Okay.
01:09
You can locate those two, apparently there's two that's two that flat-on-float, so I can't get my car that way because the power line is out.
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Location mentioned:
Walton Rd, Jefferson Hills, PA
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