Street light falls on vehicle with exposed wires, Reading PA
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Other Non-Crime EventAccording to the dispatch call, a street light fell onto a vehicle near Southwick. Exposed wires were found but no fire or injuries were reported. The vehicle owner and two males who caused the damage left before emergency personnel arrived. The police were notified.
Audio|Heard on: Berks PA Fire-Tac Group Calls
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Transcript:
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Engine 5, near S 6th Street.
00:02
Car 7,
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6. Car 7, 17, 48, near S 6th Street.
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Street light knocked over on a vehicle.
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There are wires exposed.
00:12
Don't believe the vehicle is occupied.
00:14
The owner of the vehicle left, as well as the two males that knocked the pole over and left.
00:20
RPD is notified.
00:24
I just apologize.
00:26
Good.
00:27
Light post is off on the sidewalk.
00:31
There's exposed wiring, but everything is insulated.
00:35
It looks like the base kind of failed, combined with a little bit of extra effort.
00:40
I don't believe there's a need for fire here.
00:43
All right, so we've got a tape off around it or anything,
00:47
and just PGF to come out.
00:50
The core that it's no on is gone.
00:53
The, uh,
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I mean, the lake is the glass and pro-count.
00:59
So unless they need to do something for the city-side report, so I don't think there's going to be any proceedings.
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Location mentioned:
S 6th St, Reading, PA 19602
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