Truck strikes utility pole dropping wires on Spring Garden Drive, Middletown PA
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TrafficA truck struck a utility pole on Spring Garden Drive near Constitution and Woodridge, causing wires to fall down. Emergency services are responding to secure the area.
Audio|Heard on: Dauphin County Fire - Digital
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02:29
Transcript:
00:00
Box 594, the area 901, Spring Garden Drive, cross streets of Constitution and Woodridge,
00:07
the wire down with the wires down.
00:10
Class 3, company 597-0-1-0-1.
00:17
Did they by chance give you, as they give you a PIN? 381 is PSPN route?
00:27
Monitoring all channels alone.
00:29
Now you're going to have to repeat your message.
00:33
No problem.
00:36
When they give you the information for the update on the PennDOT area, they give you access to get into it, and just end if they give you any better info.
00:46
Negative. They just stayed in north-illist location, closer to the PennDOT building, possibly near their parking lot.
00:51
That was all we got.
00:55
Okay.
00:57
Command, 81, your message.
01:03
Command 81 from County, your message.
01:08
I was just inquiring if PSP was in and out, but we have them here now.
01:13
Okay, and I was made aware by Langster, you guys wanted fire, so I haven't gotten anything out of 54 yet.
01:21
Any would be appreciated at this point, we're making due for now.
01:26
Okay.
01:31
Chief 9-1-3 units are in the area at 10-dot.
01:36
Okay, Chief 91-3.
01:38
Squalani is going to be coming down to assist if it's in their area.
01:43
Sounds like a plan.
01:48
Guys,
01:50
I don't know if that's gated off back there.
01:51
That's going to be back to the veterans' tiny home community back this lane.
01:57
We'll check back in here and see if we have anything.
02:14
Good.
02:16
G591, I see you got the call.
02:18
Area 901, Spring Garden Drive.
02:20
I believe caller was a passerby, saying a truck hit the overhead line, pulled the pole out, as well as a live wire to be down.
02:28
Do you need an off channel?
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Location mentioned:
Spring Garden Dr, Lower Swatara Township, PA 17057
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