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Car hits power pole causing downed live wires

Heard on: Burbank Police Primary Dispatch
04:04
00:00
Thirty, let me get a unit to block eastbound traffic on Vanowen at Fairview.
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Vanowen St & N Fairview St, Burbank, CA 91505
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Officers respond to a traffic collision near Vanowen Street and Fairview Street where a car has struck a power pole, causing low hanging live wires over the roadway. One adult man is conscious inside the vehicle and is transported to St. Joe’s Hospital. Police close traffic in multiple directions and request utility crews to handle the damaged pole and wires. The field emergency is later canceled once the scene is stabilized.

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