Oversized load brings power lines down on State Road 7

Heard on: Jennings County IN Law Dispatch

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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This is reporting a report of lines down at (number withheld) North State Road 7, (number withheld) North State Road 7.

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They're advising someone hit the power line.

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The lines are now over the road.

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Traffic is stopped.

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The vehicle that hit the power lines kept going.

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No vehicle description.

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410.

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406, go ahead and contact power company please.

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Start that way.

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Both pretty far out.

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22-406, I'm on Walnut if you want me to head that way.

00:34

Just sit there with your lights on.

00:36

10-9 broken.

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Yeah, just go up there and stay with your lights on, warning them.

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I wouldn't get out or get near a line.

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I'm clear, I'm en route.

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District 40 units, received a 2nd call reference the lines down, and this caller advised it was an oversized load that hit the lines and he did stop.

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40 units, Marshall County RMC has been contacted.

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They will TX back with an ETA.

2026-10-17 13:19 UTC

Road Closure

State Hwy 7, Scipio, IN 47273

Oversized load brings power lines down on State Road 7

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Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, dispatchers received reports of power lines down over North State Road 7 after an oversized load vehicle reportedly struck the lines. Traffic was stopped, and the utility company was contacted. A later caller reported that the oversized-load vehicle had stopped.

Oversized load brings power lines down on State Road 7

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