Vehicle crashes into pole, causing power and communication outages, Berkeley County WV
TrafficA vehicle crashed into a utility pole on Scrabble Road, breaking the pole and causing the vehicle to end up in a nearby field. There were no injuries reported. The accident caused power and communication lines, including fiber optic lines operated by Frontier, to go down. Utility and rescue crews, along with the Sheriff's Office, responded to the scene to manage the situation and contact the power and communication companies for repairs.
Audio|Source: Berkeley County Fire & EMS
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Transcript:
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Berkeley, TAC 4 is finding driver only for traffic only for a traffic accident, no injury.
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Scrable Road hosting drive, I'm in TAC 1,2106.
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Parker, Squad 40 is on the scene, one pole broke off, vehicle in the corner field, we're out checking.
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Squad 41, Team, Chicago, we're ready by the one pole broke off.
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We'll be out checking, 2108.
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Berkeley.
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Berkeley Paramedic 972 is clear from hospital, out of service for restock.
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Copy-972,
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Clearford Medical Center, Conant Services will be soft 3108.
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6-540. We need to contact to a power company.
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Nagu's company in communication lines or low-hanging, pretty large wires.
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I'm going to need to respond here.
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I copy they were communication wires. Do you advise what company?
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The frontier looks like fiber optic lines.
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They're going to rip down if they don't respond here.
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Copy squad 40 will contact Frontier.
01:35
540 are they across the redway?
01:40
That's great.
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Regularly tack forage, Johnstein.
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Tack 41 teams, Gravel Road, 2110.
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Parkingly, Rescans, 42 on team. Rescue 2421 team.
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Rescue 4211, Scrabble Road, 2110.
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Let's go on 40, Bertrand.
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Go out 40.
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Give you a Jason poll number. It's Amazon Mike 7218.
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Copy in, Mike, 7218, but poll number 2110.
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One of 40.
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Who's from hitting on this accident? Sheriff's office or state leave?
02:47
Sheriff's office.
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Five them, one rollback.
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Copy one rollback, 2112.
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Three, do they have a preference?
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Mega.
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104.
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Rush under 42, Berklin.
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Do you name in the picture traffic?
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Rest under 40, Marklin.
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Head, Res U.40.
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We still have additional units in route to this location.
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Currently, the only one stone route is Utility 41.
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All right, you're going to place in this host.
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Rescue 40, Utility 41, are you direct?
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Okay,
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service.
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Copy, Utility 401 back in service. 2113.
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Location mentioned:
Scrabble Rd, West Virginia
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