Vehicle hits utility pole and flees near cottage street, New Salem Borough PA
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TrafficA vehicle struck a utility pole near Cottage Street, causing the pole to snap and live wires to fall across the road. The vehicle, described as a gold-colored van with damage on the passenger side rear, fled the scene. The incident happened around 9:08 a.m. The road is blocked due to live wires.
Audio|Heard on: Fayette County Public Safety Dispatch
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02:59
Transcript:
00:00
I got a pole snapped off.
00:02
It's going to be in the area near Cottage Street.
00:05
We're going to have live wires down.
00:07
Closest pole number I got is West Penn Power Company.
00:11
(number withheld)
00:15
Recease,
00:18
are they blocking the roadway?
00:21
Yeah,
00:23
it's knocked off up towards the top and the street's going to be blocked.
00:31
Racy's... Racy's...
00:36
Townie Pires still wanted everything like that too, so we should be okay there.
00:45
Reesuit.
00:46
State County Station 18 respond in the area near Cottage Street in German for a pole down, 18 chief on scene advising live wires blocking the roadway.
01:16
vaccinated near Cottage Street in German purple novel fires done for was a bull struck
01:33
come around the corner and actually struck the pole and then took off do you know what time
01:43
That just happened about 908 a.m.
01:52
Termin's on, have them go off Hill Street.
01:56
I believe the van lives on Hill Street.
02:04
They would have damage done to the passenger side,
02:09
like rear quarter panel.
02:16
Receive, do you have a registration?
02:20
No, I'm not able to get anything like that.
02:24
Free Sue.
02:27
Okay,
02:30
35.
02:32
Good.
02:37
AP chief advising from his cameras, it's going to be a gold-colored van with passenger rear side damage.
02:45
And if it happened around 908, the vehicle pause filling is from a house on Hill Street in foot down.
02:56
Done for account, I'm responding to that signal.
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Location mentioned:
Cottage St, New Salem, PA 15468
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