Vehicle crashes into house and ruptures gas line, Princeton WV
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TrafficA vehicle crashed into a house near Oliver Avenue in Princeton, damaging a gas line and causing a major gas leak. Firefighters, sheriffs, state police, and the gas company responded. Oliver Avenue was shut down for safety.
Audio|Heard on: Mercer County Public Safety Dispatch
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06:17
Transcript:
00:00
We can't control me out.
00:05
3.6 control.
00:06
Notify the gas company.
00:08
There's gas being out up here.
00:09
He crashed into the side of a house.
00:11
Hit gas well.
00:13
Acknowledgment. Contact him now.
00:19
Taken.
00:22
I'll stay about just a second because it may have crashed.
00:30
Sent 4, let me know.
00:31
We'll head on telling me.
00:33
Copy, be advised that black SUV crashed on Oliver Avenue.
00:37
Again, on Oliver Avenue, do you want to take this one or do you want me to read dispatch out? Either way you guys want to go off, got to get fire department out as well, they hit a gas line.
00:49
Rick here on the East Clayton Road.
00:53
I got a couple points out.
00:54
I was going to see if you run for me when you're free to copy.
00:57
Copy does.
01:00
First is through West Virginia's echo (number withheld), second is Fox Trot (number withheld).
01:09
You just check, see if they're back valid.
01:12
Copy.
01:20
169 control.
01:24
Okay. Okay.
01:27
What's Regan 27?
01:30
Truckron (number withheld), (name withheld), 1018, 84.
01:37
Copy.
01:39
29, that's got me.
01:58
1520.
02:06
Princeton 646 is on the scene.
02:15
Control, yeah, fire and well, there's gas you went heavily out of the main, I guess.
02:22
There's no fire, but we can hear gas feeling pretty heavily.
02:28
Acknowledgment, we're contacting the gas company fire has been dispatched.
02:37
As I get firemarking around, I'll ask if you all need the stage.
02:42
Acknowledgment.
02:52
We do a law enforcement machine, they state that the gas was spewing heavily.
02:56
Stand four, we're going to stay in the area until fire department gets there.
03:02
Stand for.
03:04
Back, we've been off 14.
03:08
Okay.
03:10
Show them both sides, they're clear.
03:14
They've got a record coming for one vehicle, other than describable.
03:18
They're both out of the road.
03:19
I want to get up and talk to him just a minute, probably tonight.
03:22
Okay.
03:35
Control, did you get the gas company up here, see?
03:40
Sir, we're still trying to make contacts.
03:44
The info, because.
03:52
Do we have an exact address on that gas?
04:00
Control, it's going to be near Oliver Avenue.
04:05
Copy, thank you.
04:13
Control, we advise.
04:15
Oliver Avenue shut down.
04:18
Robbie, Oliver Avenue was shut down, 1524.
04:26
460. It's soft on Oliver at Murdock.
04:29
Oliver at Murdock.
04:31
There is a gas line that has been busted.
04:36
We have sheriffs on the scene along with Princeton Fire.
04:59
15, go ahead.
05:05
You can show me and Rob.
05:07
Cops are bid by, they have shut down Oliver Avenue.
05:09
We've also contacted gas company.
05:15
Controls any of that in the city.
05:19
And for the NBA, the hit run started on 460, ended in the city on Oliver Avenue.
05:31
It started on 460 and ended on Oliver Avenue.
05:35
It started at the red light where Walmart is.
05:40
A DUI subject hit a vehicle and was followed to the Oliver Avenue address where it has hit a gas line.
05:48
We had Princeton Fire up there, Princeton M as his station, the State Police and Sheriff's out.
05:56
Are they working the wreck?
06:03
I'll try to get that information.
06:09
It's possible.
06:10
This is broken gas meter off at the stem.
06:13
There's no way we can shut it off and it's ripping gas for this house.
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Location mentioned:
Oliver Ave, Princeton, WV 24740
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