Tractor-trailer hits communication lines on US-30, Lancaster County PA
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As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to a traffic incident on US-30 in Pennsylvania, where a tractor-trailer struck communication lines and damaged a utility pole before leaving the scene. Responders confirmed the pole was shattered, creating a road hazard.
Audio|Heard on: Lancaster PA Fire-Talk Group Calls
Listen to dispatch call
01:32
Transcript:
00:00
Looks like they're in a communication wire.
00:04
(name withheld) from command.
00:07
Guys,
00:09
You guys have the vehicle somewhere?
00:13
Negative, we haven't located it.
00:15
It was a tractor trailer that had stopped west down at the motel and took off.
00:21
Understood.
00:24
So they were traveling west.
00:27
Correct.
00:29
You guys get a pole number yet, (name withheld)? Yeah.
00:32
It's not a PTL pole.
00:36
I'll get the next pole.
00:37
The pole that affected this crew is shattered.
00:40
I don't think I have a number.
00:41
I'll get the next one.
00:44
Chief One, you have comments?
00:47
Yeah, go ahead.
00:50
Next pole east has a number on it of (number withheld).
01:00
(number withheld).
01:04
Is there anything that's on it? It is communication lines.
01:09
You said that to the right,
01:14
Correct, it's the next pole east of the affected pole.
01:20
Understood.
01:22
The biggest hydrant at this point would be not on 30, but no wires over the driveway.
01:30
Understood.
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