Car crashes into utility pole causing power lines down, Arlington IN

Traffic

Reported: 11/10/2025 06:29 AM

Near N 700 W, Arlington, IN 46104

A car crashed into a utility pole near North 700 West causing power and phone lines to fall. The road is closed and the power company has been notified. Emergency responders are on site investigating for injuries.

Audio|Source: Rush County Fire and EMS Dispatch

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Transcript:

00:00

Going to be near North 700 West coming from a car system four street en route.

00:29

Popons in route.

00:37

Get around.

00:38

Get around your head.

00:46

All right.

00:55

Reference the accident,

00:58

you can disregard medical, everybody saying they call back a D-D-only, D-D-only.

01:26

County 401

01:34

4401 411

01:41

Brack County 401

01:46

401 go ahead.

01:53

I'll be on scene.

01:54

It's going to be a single vehicle into a utility pole.

01:57

We do have phone lines and power lines down.

02:00

If you go ahead and contact the power company, I'll be out investigating for injuries.

02:19

Yeah, we're going to need to close the road down.

02:21

Go ahead and bring the engine rescue.

03:11

Presby will be in the route.

03:18

House 24.

03:24

Resckey 4-4 and 3, where we got if we were disregarded.

03:31

Chiefs on scene by the car into pole lines down,

03:36

so we need to block the road for you.

03:44

Rescue 40, if you want to stop traffic at 52 or at Fairview Drive in 700.

03:58

Clear.

04:02

From 4.1, this will be Duke Energy.

04:05

We'll be waiting on seat road close for your units throughout.

04:17

Mirage County's clear.

04:25

I've got the highways, Zach, his down truck stuff would come in, sir.

04:31

I'm just getting turned around so I'm getting back up there.

04:47

R1405.

04:59

Rush County, RISC 40 will be at 52 and 700 West, shutting the roadbone.

05:10

Rush County, please.

05:17

9405 will be at base road and 725 left.

05:21

Uh-huh.

05:43

Handful. Enter 42, you can go on down to the C.

05:55

Enter 42 from Rescue 40.

05:58

Go ahead and turn there at the bank and snake in that way off a Fairview Drive since you've got the road shut down here.

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