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Tree limb down on power and communication lines

W 6th St, Benton, IL 62812 - 6/11/2026 02:28 PM

As discussed during the dispatch call, dispatchers and utility crews discuss reports of multiple power and communication lines down in an alley near west 6th Street in Benton, with a limb lying across the lines. Ameren and Frontier are requested to check and reconnect service, and it is clarified that this appears to be a reconnect rather than a widespread outage. Separate radio traffic references a medical call for an adult woman with knee pain at a residence and a response to a motor vehicle crash with a head injury near Dongola Fire Department coordinates.

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Franklin, Perry, Jackson, Williamson, and Jefferson Counties Police, Fire and EMS
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(number withheld) in route.
00:01
Additionally, the RP just called back advising there is a line on the ground.
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Received. If you can get ETA on Ameren, that would be great.
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