Car crash damages street lamp, live wires exposed, Bethlehem PA
TrafficA vehicle crashed into a large street lamp near Lehigh Street, causing it to collapse and lean onto a spotlight fixture with live electrical wires exposed. The lamp is blocking part of the roadway and presents a safety hazard. No vehicle was found at the scene. Authorities have barricaded the area until repairs can be made.
Audio|Source: Northampton County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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intoxicated fall victim, Williams House, (number withheld) Centennial Drive, Cross of Ryan Street, Bethon City.
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Communications, EMS is dispatched up as (number withheld).
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Firebase Tories, 2021.
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Hey, 20.
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Close number three, please.
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Hey with me, we're in the area.
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We're not in the area, is there just with you.
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2070s, I'm out. I'm wrong. I'm taking a statistic.
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30, 20, 22, 20, 22, 20, and 21.
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Ford. All the here.
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First, hey, just in three.
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Yeah,
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we have one of these large post-illicit car crashes, but there is no car on site, signs or a large light post,
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30 feet long,
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leaning on to one of those lights.
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And we have to open wires here as well.
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10-4[1]-154.
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Hey, you want, I'm in a road. Do you need fire up there?
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They need...
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No, they're up here right now.
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They pulled up just as I pulled up as well.
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So,
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we'll assess it together and we'll figure something out. Okay.
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94 is running unit 19 to protect the cameras so let's see how far.
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903-5 for big stop 191 191 17 3030 took
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So maybe that's near Lehigh Street with Pennsylvania, Miceau, Whiskey, (number withheld). It's a silver ultimate block.
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Pending you down, Repel information, there's no assistance needed.
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35 and 9.
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Near block of Lehigh with Mike's Blue Whiskey for (number withheld).
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801 again.
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181. 181?
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2016-7 are you guys 104?
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Can you put this in a cold 10.
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And if I'm going to have one of your cards.
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1670, 1605 where you have 10% for?
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30 feet hole that was struck collapse in the middle of the roadway here, destruction,
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partial roadway here,
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and some of their other signs that were crushed in urban.
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So we've got a lot of work, though.
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Okay.
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Okay. Okay.
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2054
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90, 25, 20 and 30, 20 and 30, chart.
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How is that?
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19, 17, 70, you guys, 10,
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4. Super.
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Central manual 1, 28, 54,100. 20, 0.
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26.
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148.
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County is 6126.
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We're on scene with the PD.
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It appears that there was a motor vehicle that struck a large street lamp.
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The street lamp is laying on,
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leaning on, leaning on the large spotlight fixture.
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With the police were going to barricades, then either Fendat or the city borough owns his roads and if signs that had come out.
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Burglorn at 6589, Sullivan Trail is a Daisy Family Restaurant, Zone 5-briining area.
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Chattay 2nda 92? The 292.
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28 coming back on an easton for a T's nodding it is current invalid.
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29 first hot is going to be parked invalid negative 30.
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Central.
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County 5411.
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11. 11.
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11.
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3.
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92, 35. 30. 30. 30.
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BMS is going to 418 Unity Drive, 418 Unity Drive, very 88 earl's mail, false negative injury.
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I'm sorry, the last part of your message got cut off by another channel.
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I copied that you're going to barricade the road and whoever owns the road is going to have to come out and fix it.
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There, Tony, it's an off-ramp, right, guy, I do an off-ramp with a triangle.
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The light is in the triangle, it was struck by a car.
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It's leaning on the stop right of light, and it's somewhat in the off-ramp lane that turns right from
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4th Avenue to South 13th Street.
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We can't safely move it because it's electrical at the base.
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So... The best we can do is barricaded until whoever is responsible can come to the repairs.
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Location mentioned:
Near W Lehigh St, Bethlehem, PA 18018
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