Dump truck hits utility pole, causing power lines to fall, Grand Traverse County MI
TrafficA dump truck struck a utility pole near River Road in Michigan, causing power lines to fall and spark across the road. Emergency crews closed the roundabout at Keystone and River Road and stopped all traffic in all directions. Cherryland Electric was called to the scene to manage the damaged pole. The road closure is expected to last for several hours due to safety concerns with the downed power lines.
Audio|Source: Traverse Bay Area Public Safety
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Transcript:
00:00
It's sparking and arched them pretty good.
00:02
Clear. Break 936, or 936.
00:06
I heard him.
00:08
I'll take a river.
00:10
You're going to go around.
00:12
Okay.
00:14
And central, there's nothing currently sparking.
00:17
It sparks earlier.
00:19
But if you get out of your vehicle, all your hair stands up.
00:22
So everybody just stay back from it.
00:28
We central link, can you copy your file by us?
00:37
Boy (number withheld).
00:42
(Number withheld). If you could call the driver of the truck back and just advise him to stay inside the vehicle for now, I would appreciate it.
00:51
Clear, he has advised on initial phone call.
00:54
Copy that, thank you.
00:59
For (name withheld).
01:02
She's valid discharge, Pemus.
01:06
Okay.
01:10
Thank you.
01:12
Central Enterprise.
01:15
Engine, bud.
01:20
Down area here, Keystone River.
01:23
I'll let you know here in the river.
01:24
Let's know here in that.
01:26
Clear we're on the line with Cherry Land, seeing if it's theirs.
01:32
I'm sure you've already spoke of PD here.
01:40
We're going to have to shut down this entire roundabout section here.
01:45
All traffic's going to have to be stopped in all directions.
01:49
Okay.
01:51
Central 223.
01:55
Engine 55A3.
01:58
223. Very good.
02:02
Central 972.
02:04
I'm clear last 308.
02:05
Click. 972.
02:08
We're at Williams and 31.
02:10
You want us to swing around Hartman.
02:13
I'll go shut down Keystone at Open.
02:16
Get him turned around that way.
02:17
Clear break, 9653.
02:19
240, 222. Checking your status.
02:22
Go ahead.
02:25
We're on it.
02:31
Yeah, Williams.
02:32
Go over to beat fire.
02:34
Okay.
02:36
Are you the officer trying to speak with the driver vehicle?
02:39
Yeah, it'd be a brandy school in 31.
02:43
Hey firm, I was just advising you to stay in his vehicle.
02:46
It seemed like there was a little sparking by his truck.
02:48
Other than that, I haven't seen anything.
02:50
Clear, anything else to pass along to him? I can pass him down to your work cell.
02:54
He can't hear you.
02:56
Copy that.
02:59
You can get to it from Byner Way,
03:03
but we got a complete mess here.
03:05
This is going to be shut down for hours.
03:10
Okay,
03:11
well we order some bear case then.
03:14
Yeah, so I was just going to get down the other line and do with Central.
03:19
Central Leportezo.
03:21
Clear 942.
03:22
Sounds good.
03:23
We'll come down the hill then, we're on the wrong side of it.
03:27
Central Blair Engine 5.
03:29
Okay.
03:31
Central Engine 5.
03:33
Carry land is in row.
03:36
Hey, sorry, Central, I was on B-Fire.
03:38
Uh,
03:40
yeah, cheerleading out here.
03:42
Hey, firm.
03:43
Yeah, if you want to let them know this is one of their primaries coming across.
03:47
We're going to have this entire round, about shut down for quite a few hours it looks like.
03:51
If you want to get a hold of county roads and have some barricades set for direction.
03:56
Okay.
03:57
That's for any county roads units on the air.
04:00
Go ahead, the county roads.
04:02
Good evening, looking for some barricades, keystone, and river road for a accident.
04:09
Pulling down power line is going to be closed for a period of time.
04:12
Copy that. We'll get stuff around and head that way.
04:16
Appreciate it.
04:21
Leland off 45-8, routine status.
04:23
45-8, secure.
04:26
Cleveland Township.
04:28
Tap it, 22, 53.
04:31
They're allowed to triple six, routine status.
04:37
Travel six, good status, 22 in, Dumas.
04:41
Kappa 22.54.
04:43
That's nine to nine.
04:49
Hi morning.
04:55
A poll is going to be from Cherryland Electric.
04:57
I got a poll number when you're ready.
04:59
We are all good on that poll number.
05:01
Cherry Land is already in route.
05:03
Clear on that.
05:07
The line is coming down from this hole.
05:12
Clear.
05:17
Control 942 in second.
05:20
Clear 942. 942.
05:32
Now the power line's going to be draped all the way down through the roundabout on the ground.
05:37
If there's another unit available, we could use them to shut off the road at the entrance from a river into the roundabout.
05:45
Clear 36 is on it.
05:47
He just had to come around due to the power line being out.
05:51
Fair night.
05:53
Just an FYI 4-9.
05:55
It's probably going to be about 10 minutes before I get there.
05:58
Yeah, it should be fine.
05:59
There's two cars on the other side, but they kind of seem to understand what's going on.
06:05
Okay, I'm folk coming up to airfield area about it.
06:13
Number 949.
06:14
949.
06:19
I can advise Cherryland that this pole is completely sheared off.
06:25
Talk about.
06:30
I got a plate when you're ready.
06:33
Good.
06:38
Lloyd David, 25, 123, BD,
06:43
25, 12, 123.
06:45
Clear, standby.
06:50
4-9, did you want your return, or just in the call?
06:57
If it comes back to a dump truck, we should be good.
07:00
We should be registered to Integrity Asphalt.
07:04
Okay.
07:05
Yeah, I call it.
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