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Road sign knocked down on route 32 in palmerPalmer MA

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MA-32, Palmer, MA

A road sign on Route 32 in Palmer was knocked down, likely after a vehicle went over the median and hit it. The sign was moved out of the road and no longer posed a hazard.

Audio|Heard on: Palmer Fire, Police and EMS
Listen to dispatch call
01:51
Transcript:
00:00
Just took a second call for the signs sticking out into the roadway.
00:05
Very sorry.
00:12
461 T4.
00:17
The E4.
00:20
Another caller reporting that they did move the sign out of the roadway, but it appears there were tire tracks going over the median and struck the sign.
00:35
The caller struck the sign or someone else?
00:39
Uh,
00:40
someone else that's...
00:41
...reporting that's possibly the reason the sign is down to begin with.
00:47
There you see.
00:51
One, four, six, one.
00:56
Four, six, one.
01:00
Go ahead.
01:02
Car6, sand equipment, out of Pathfinder.
01:06
Receive. Receive.
01:13
4,000.
01:18
Receive. Receive.
01:24
Receive. 4-4-6-1.
01:27
4-6-12.
01:29
Go ahead.
01:31
It is no longer a hazard upon my arrival.
01:34
It looks like the mount at the base of the signs were no longer intact.
01:44
Just can this flat, highway, whoever will serve a sign.
01:48
No,
01:49
it's on Route 32, so it might be DPW.

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Location mentioned:
MA-32, Palmer, MA

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Incident Timeline

  1. Notification for Sign Repair
  2. Sign Mount Damaged
  3. Hazard Cleared Upon Arrival
  4. Possible Cause Identified
  5. Sign Moved Out of Roadway
  6. Second Call Confirms Ongoing Hazard
  7. Initial Report of Downed Street Sign

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