Vehicle hits utility pole causing power lines down, Woodfin NC
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TrafficA vehicle collided with a utility pole near Riverside Drive and Woodfin Avenue, causing power lines to fall. No injuries were reported during the incident.
Audio|Heard on: Buncombe County Fire and EMS
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03:25
Transcript:
00:00
Station 20, line down.
00:02
Woodfin and Riverside.
00:08
Station 20 additional call.
00:11
Woodfin Avenue at Riverside Drive for a line down.
00:14
Station 20 additional call.
00:16
Woodfin Avenue at Riverside Drive for a line down.
00:22
A vehicle into a pole.
00:25
No injury.
00:28
Operate Fire Dispatch, 901.
00:35
Psalm 16.
00:39
14.
00:41
Careful at you.
00:45
Copy that EMS5.
00:47
Do you copy direct? You can go in service per 14.
00:55
Engine 202 being right to that call.
01:01
Engine 202, en route.
01:03
I'm lined up.
01:08
EM2, call.
01:14
EM2, go ahead.
01:18
I'll be cleared, sirs.
01:20
9.05.
01:21
EMA 7, on emergency 249 Luther Road, referenced AFIB.
01:27
Welcome to start in bed 907.
01:36
Station 10, District 2, first response, 249 Luther Road, and heart problems.
01:41
Station 10, District 2, first response, 249 Luther Road, heart problems.
01:45
North Luther Road and Kansas Court.
01:48
Cross Street, Bucking, Fire Meadows, Channel,
01:50
908.
01:55
CMS 2. T.M.S.
01:57
2.
02:00
Just Payne's 1600 Center Park Drive, Asheville Dialysis Center.
02:05
Non-08.
02:09
On-sling. The engine 202.
02:15
On sync.
02:16
909.
02:21
Engine 202 to calm.
02:29
This will be an AT&T pole.
02:33
The physical address is going to be near Riverside Drive.
02:40
It's near Riverside Drive.
02:43
AT&T pole.
02:47
I believe law enforcement's already notified them.
02:54
That's affirmative.
02:55
I'm standing right with looking PD now.
03:02
Engine 202 to Tom.
03:08
The pole's still standing.
03:14
It is cracked.
03:15
No lines in the road.
03:16
I'll be clearing in service.
03:19
Agent 202, pole's correct.
03:22
It's still standing.
03:24
Return to the service, and that's all.
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Location mentioned:
Riverside Dr, Woodfin, NC 28804
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