Tractor-trailer hits pole, power lines on vehicle

Heard on: Hancock County Sheriff & Volunteer Fire Depts, Weirton Police & Fire

01:47

This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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Route 30 in the area of (number withheld) by Subway.

00:05

Tractor trailer hit a pole, brought the lines down.

00:08

There's a driver entrapped in the vehicle.

00:15

Ambulance service, Lawrenceville Fire, (number withheld) Lincoln Highway, Chester, near the subway.

00:22

Tractor trailer hit an electric pole, live lines on top of the vehicle.

00:26

Unknown injuries, unknown entrapment.

00:28

(number withheld) Lincoln Highway, Chester, Subway.

00:39

122 to 104, unit 124 in the back.

00:43

I'll let him know.

00:56

Dispatch Chester Fire, respond with Lawrenceville.

00:59

Here is Subway on Route 30.

01:01

01:26

Dispatch Chester Fire, respond Route 30 in the area of Subway.

01:32

Tractor trailer hit a power pole.

01:34

Lines down on the tractor trailer.

01:35

Believe the driver is still in the vehicle because of the lines being down on it.

01:43

30 in the area of Subway.

01:45

Time of dispatch 1515.

6/26/2026 12:11 PM

Traffic

Lincoln Hwy, Chester, WV 26034

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to a tractor-trailer that reportedly struck a power pole on Route 30 near a Subway restaurant in Chester, bringing live electrical lines down onto the vehicle. The driver was believed to still be inside the truck, and injuries and entrapment status were initially unknown.