Traffic signal failure near Fresh Pond Parkway, Cambridge MA
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TrafficAs discussed during the dispatch call, officers responded to a traffic signal failure at the intersection of Fresh Pond Parkway and Mount Auburn Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The outage caused vehicles to move unpredictably through the intersection. Additional units were requested to assist with traffic management until the issue was addressed.
Audio|Heard on: Middlesex MA Law Dispatch Group Calls
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01:46
Transcript:
00:00
Control to 13.
00:01
13,
00:02
Do you respond up Fresh Pond Parkway and Mount Auburn Street? We're getting a lot of calls on it.
00:07
The lights in the intersection there are out.
00:09
We'll notify state as well.
00:11
I guess vehicles are driving erratically through the intersection there.
00:15
Copy.
00:16
Car 74 to control.
00:18
74.
00:19
Clear the high school please.
00:21
74, you're clear.
00:24
Seventy-six control.
00:27
Seventy-six.
00:29
Click.
00:32
Seventy six click.
00:35
Still the cat three.
00:37
Been out of control.
00:39
Five three.
00:41
Stand by ten.
00:42
Three ninety-nine Erie Street, report of an open door at location.
00:47
Three copies.
00:49
Ten R go ahead.
00:52
All right, peace been restored.
00:54
She agreed to pay the drop fee and email was exchanged.
00:57
I'll be clear.
00:59
Received. Show you this.
01:02
Five R to control.
01:04
Five R.
01:07
One hundred one car three.
01:09
Received.
01:11
Thirteen R going off.
01:14
Thirteen R are you going off?
01:17
Okay, both lights are out.
01:21
I have the delays far out.
01:24
Nineteen to 13.
01:26
Okay.
01:28
Do you need any additional units there for traffic support?
01:33
I'll definitely take one more.
01:36
So the ten.
01:38
Yeah.
01:40
You can respond up Fresh Pond at Mount Auburn and assist 13 with traffic.
01:45
Copy.
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Location mentioned:
Fresh Pond Pkwy & Mt Auburn St, Cambridge, MA 02138
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