Two vehicles contact high-voltage power lines on Louisburg Road, Louisburg NC
TrafficTwo vehicles came into contact with high-voltage power lines on Louisburg Road. Occupants were still inside the vehicles. All lanes on Highway 401 were closed while emergency crews coordinated with the power company and EMS to ensure safety and possible rescue.
Audio|Source: Wake County Fire
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Transcript:
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Central from Louisburg Road Command.
00:06
Central.
00:12
Advise Progress Energy that we have two vehicles that may have high power lines with occupants inside both vehicles.
00:26
Copy.
00:27
Thank you.
00:36
That's for Louisburg road command.
00:43
Are you on Ops 2?
00:47
Go ahead for car 3.
00:50
Doug, do you have any lanes open, engine 19 and ladder 22 is going to wear a power alarm off parcel?
00:59
There are no lanes open on 401.
01:03
The power lines run from one side all the way through the other.
01:06
All right, I'll give them good one way.
01:10
Copy, thank you.
01:16
Copy that. Thank you.
01:18
Central from Lewisburg Road Command.
01:27
Hey, engine, sir, you're going to be first in.
01:29
401 shut down right now.
01:35
Copy.
01:38
Ladder, 22.
01:45
Copy, 401 shut down all directions.
01:48
Yes, sir, I'll just go up Capitol in the Burlington and go that way in.
01:52
Engine 19, you copy.
01:58
Go for 19 and I swear.
02:01
Yes, all of 401 is going to be shut down.
02:03
We're going to have 27 go.
02:08
Copy that, thank you.
02:14
Westburg Road Command.
02:18
Good for Central.
02:20
Can you switch back in Ops 2, please?
02:23
Stand by one moment, Public Service with progress.
02:25
I'll be right over.
02:27
All right, copy that.
02:28
Thank you.
02:43
Hey, this is engine 310.
02:46
We've ever got an update and there's no one at the front desk to figure out what room we're going to.
02:53
Okay, that's room 3138.
02:58
313A.
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313A, copy.
03:05
I'm not too.
03:15
We are blocking the northbound lane, but the northbound lane is clear, and it looks like PD has it blocked on the corner of Louisburg and Mr. Miel.
03:30
Let's just make sure that we've got all the side streets and everything blocked, so that we don't get anybody to run up here on these power lines.
03:42
Central, go ahead for command.
03:46
I'm sorry, I thought you had called me.
03:50
I did.
03:51
I appreciate your patience and everything.
03:53
I know we're throwing a lot out at you.
03:55
If you don't mind, send me an EMS unit reference.
03:59
We've got two vehicles with possible high voltage power lines on them.
04:03
I'm going to get an EMS unit out here just standing by until we get these patients out.
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Location mentioned:
Near Louisburg Rd, Louisburg, NC 27549
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