Car hits telephone pole and catches fire in Penn Township

Heard on: Westmoreland County PA Fire Dispatch

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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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Smile on station eighty-seven, seven nine respond.

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Highland Road and Center Road.

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Vehicle accident, one vehicle into a telephone pole with injuries.

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Vehicle will be on fire.

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Fire text seven.

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Smile on station eighty-seven,

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seven and nine respond.

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Highland Road and Center Road.

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Penn Township.

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Vehicle accident, one vehicle into a telephone pole.

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Vehicle will be on fire with injuries.

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Fire text seven.

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Units responding, Highland Road and Center Road, Penn Township.

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This is a police incident.

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Male is possibly armed, that's involved and injured.

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Units responding, Highland and Center Road.

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Police reporting negative entrapment.

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The vehicle is on fire.

2026-10-28 03:43 UTC

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Center St, Harrison City, PA 15636

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 single-vehicle crash into a telephone pole at Highland Road and Center Road in Penn Township. The vehicle was reported on fire and there were injuries. Police later reported no one was trapped, and an injured male involved was possibly armed.