Logging truck hits poles, disrupts house service near Franklin St, Somersworth NH


A logging truck crashed into a telephone pole near Franklin St, causing two poles to fall. The crash damaged the service line to a nearby house and led to a road closure from Crown Point intersection to the sharp turn at the top of the hill. Emergency responders were on scene and school bus routes were notified to detour around the closure.
Audio|Source: Strafford County Area Local Police and Fire
04:15
Transcript:
00:00
How is this relayed to you, what kind of incident?
00:06
Lakes Region advised it was a logging truck into a telephone pole or a broken pole.
00:15
Okay,
00:16
that's the part of, there's two poles down and then service on the house is also ripped off.
00:22
Can I give you the plate on the truck?
00:25
Good.
00:28
Give me to track the trailer.
00:31
The plate is Sam Walter Edward Edward Tom 2.
00:45
And I'll spell Paul,
00:48
Edward, Edward, Edward, Nora, Tom, Ida, Charles, Edward, first of Roger,
00:54
he's a junior, date of birth is 1972, 12-0.
01:04
Thank you. Would you mind just reach out to the school and just let them know that this road's going to be closed? It's going to be from...
01:11
intersection of Crown Point up to the sharp turn right at the top of the hill just to let the buses know so they can go around.
01:43
245, would you like check?
01:51
245, would you like checks?
01:56
Well said, I won't have service.
01:58
Sorry.
02:00
I'm fine.
02:05
I'll play to give you this for the tractor.
02:06
Can I give you the trailer plate too, please?
02:09
Go ahead.
02:11
It's a main long-term trailer, plate 508-2352.
02:23
Received 1440, 84-year-old male, conscious breathing and alert with any injury.
02:37
536. Should be lost to Brooks first deal.
02:44
Have up.
02:52
New Hampshire, 562-7802 by 68 drink-1.
03:03
1925920 Zulu Nora.
03:14
What are you in?
03:17
I stated that the individual is inside of 79A.
03:21
Franklin, I'll be checking.
03:24
Probably.
03:29
Georgia.
03:32
I'm going to be out on that accident.
03:34
Can you reach out to the town crew, see if they can put some road coal signs up for us?
03:41
You want them at the top of the hill and Crown Point?
03:45
Yeah, in front of the Grange at Crown Point, and we're probably going to have to do it all the way down to probably Jody.
03:58
Where's you, the Grange to Jody?
04:02
Please let's you, Sarah.
04:04
Go ahead. The town crew's already been notified.
04:07
They're not at the shop right now.
04:08
I'll grab some side.
04:10
Copy that, thank you.
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Location mentioned:
Near Franklin St, Somersworth, NH 03878
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