Vehicle crash damages utility pole and local buildings, Molalla OR
TrafficA vehicle crashed into a utility pole near Grange Ave in Molalla, Oregon. This caused a power outage from 3:30 p.m. last night to 6:30 a.m. this morning. The crash also damaged nearby buildings including the adult center, Meals on Wheels facility, and a daycare near Foothills Church. Power was restored by 3 p.m. today.
Audio|Source: Oregon Tualatin Amateur Radio Club Repeater W7OTV
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Transcript:
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He had a good power outage last night.
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I found out where the accident was.
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Do you follow pulse point on your phone?
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But my neighbor across the street told me exactly where the accident was.
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I give meals on wheels.
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They come Monday, Tuesday, and Friday.
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But they didn't call or come to set today.
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And we couldn't figure out why.
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Well, she came over and she told me that somebody hit...
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We had a power out of it from 3.30 last night until about 6.30 this morning.
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At least the power was restored here.
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But they hit the pole right next,
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right adjacent to the Foothills Church, which is where the
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adult center and Meals on Wheels is at.
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And when they hit the pole, it actually hit the building that the daycare center is.
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So that would explain why it wasn't, why it didn't happen.
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And power just came up,
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what about six,
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oh three, about three o'clock this afternoon.
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All the three of those buildings off up to 11 on a side street? Yes,
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they are.
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But I think the, well, I serve.
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The vacare facility,
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the actual address is on the side street, but it does come up on 2-Eleven right there.
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I mean, it's kind of like a quarter of 211 and that side street, I don't know what the name of the street is.
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Grange, that's what the name of the street is Grange.
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Yeah, I thought that was the old Malala Buckaroo fairgrounds until I moved it a little bit more east by the school.
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Oh, what, the Four Hills Church?
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No, the other buildings community center next to the park, which is next to the fire station on Malala Avenue in town.
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And, yeah, that used to be from Malala Avenue and 211 West,
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that used to be the old Buccaroo grounds over there for the Mulala Bukaru rodeo until they moved the whole rodeo Farther east side of town and I thought the high school was over there also
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Oh, okay. Yeah,
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no,
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where the
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The adult center used to be was kind of behind into the south of the fire station.
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There's a park right there, and the fire station and the adult center building shared the park.
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Well, the adult center moved.
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It's moved over into the...
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Foothills Church,
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which used to be an IGA or something like that.
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And they've moved in, the church is letting them use a section of the building for the adult, the adult center and could meal on wheels.
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Near Grange Ave, Molalla, OR 97038
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