Vehicle crash with power line and pole damage near Road E-16, Putnam County OH
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TrafficA vehicle crashed near Road E-16 and Road 19, causing power lines and a pole to snap in half. Airbags deployed and a male occupant exited the vehicle. Emergency services responded to the scene.
Audio|Heard on: Putnam County Sheriff, Fire, EMS and PW
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04:52
Transcript:
00:00
Speaking on Road E-16, left of Road 19 where power lines are down halfway.
00:08
Clear, I'm on road, I should come out.
00:14
Three hundred.
00:18
This is going to be a sign-off.
00:19
Can I get a run number, please?
00:26
Repeating Road E-16 and Road 19, where power pole lines are down halfway.
00:33
Air units might be able to respond, timeout 655.
00:41
Did you receive my traffic for a sign-off on this first one?
00:47
Affirmative, did you receive a run number yet?
00:52
That's clear.
00:58
Did you copy the run number over the 911 call that came in?
01:03
Negative.
01:08
Your sign-off run number is going to be 3527, 3527.
01:17
3-5-2-7 that's clear.
01:19
Madam,
01:24
did you dispatch station 30 to that accident?
01:28
Yeah, I'm going to verify the location now.
01:31
I'm going to discuss them now.
01:32
Go to off-2, please, off-2.
01:39
Switching to office 2.
01:40
I'm going to redirect to the scene from Ottawa.
01:51
Tension Cotton Metal Fire Department, you're needed near 192-81 Road E-16.
02:01
For a power pole lines down about halfway.
02:04
Airbags are deployed.
02:06
Miller City, you can stand down.
02:08
This is Cotton Metal's jurisdiction.
02:10
Time now, 6:57.
02:17
All units clear in the command and backstation.
02:22
Here, Chris, 58.
02:29
3335. All clear.
02:33
All clear.
02:37
Nog.
02:40
Nog. Okay. Set.
02:48
There is a supply line from across the street to the house here.
02:51
The gentleman is out of the car.
02:53
I've got to patchable by stuff.
02:54
I did put his C.
02:55
C.O.7 in the call.
02:58
Young man is okay. I have to do it quickly at the time.
03:00
No.
03:05
I find no Cyl7.
03:08
All right.
03:12
King Paul John, 2089, KPK, 2089.
03:18
Nine, I need you to repeat that, please.
03:24
King Paul John, 208,
03:27
9.
03:32
You're clear,
03:34
what signal seven does that belong to?
03:38
Go out to the code and watch.
03:40
The vehicle involved in the crash?
03:44
Yeah, clear, that's not the same one.
03:46
You have logged.
03:49
Correct. The one I have logged is a passerby stopping to help.
03:53
Here, sir.
03:56
It would be his father.
04:00
Here, clear.
04:06
6-6-6-pott of 35.
04:08
6-6-6-2.
04:10
8-3, pardon, 43.
04:18
Clear.
04:28
Are those power lines down and is the pole snapped in half as well or just lines down?
04:37
The pole is snapped in half.
04:39
It has about 14 feet sticking out of the ground.
04:45
The lines are hanging and it is...
04:47
The transformer is on it.
04:49
Yeah, it's snapped.
04:50
It needs...
04:51
Immediate attention.
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Location mentioned:
Rd E-16 & Rd 19, Palmer Township, OH 45831
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