Truck knocks down cable lines on Huntington Street, Shelton CT


A truck struck and knocked down several cable lines near Huntington Street causing wires to hang low over the road. One wire was removed from the road, but two remained hanging diagonally across Huntington Street. Authorities documented the incident and arranged for the utility company to remove the wires.
Audio|Source: Ansonia, Derby, Seymour and Shelton Police
01:57
Transcript:
00:00
Hunting the Street at Sorghum, one of the asphalt trucks, I'll get you a plate and info in a second.
00:07
Just took down some cable lines.
00:16
I have the pull number when you're ready.
00:24
Phone number.
00:29
UI.1036.
00:33
Just the cable wires and do you need any other assistance fire, please?
00:45
No, we're going to be able to clear the wires off the side of the road.
00:51
Which is for documentation purposes, I'll give you the DOT number on the truck.
00:56
It's one seven zero zero eight seven zero and its complete services is the name on the track.
01:14
I'll give you the plate.
01:17
The plate.
01:22
Connecticut Commercial, Alpha, Uniform 401-179.
01:36
C7.
01:42
Okay, there was three wires, they're all cable, but we're only able to get one off the road, two of them are low hanging, going diagonal across Huntington Street, so we will need whatever company owns it to come and remove their wires.
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Location mentioned:
Huntington St, Shelton, CT 06484
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