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Single vehicle crashes into pole near medical center, Mt Vernon IL
TrafficA vehicle crashed into a power pole near the Southern Illinois Orthopedic Center, causing the pole to break and power lines to fall. The incident required responses from fire department and utility services. No injuries were reported.
Audio|Heard on: Centralia Police, Fire & EMS Dispatch
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03:16
Transcript:
00:00
We go to near Martin Luther King Drive, Southern Illinois Orthopedic Center, one vehicle crashed into a power pole.
00:08
No injury, no hazardous materials.
00:11
Yes.
00:15
370, cancel.
00:30
Attention, Centralia Fire.
00:32
Attention to Centralia Fire.
00:33
You're responding to near Martin Luther King Drive, one vehicle crashed into a power pole.
00:40
Lines are down and the pole is broken.
00:43
Centralia Dispatch 1006.
00:44
Officers in and are out.
00:50
32 and 35.
00:55
104.
01:02
Downing 629, 1041.
01:06
3-467 is 1060.
01:09
I'm not seeing where the lines are down or where the vehicle is out or are they in the parking lot.
01:18
That's correct.
01:24
The trade is last.
01:25
92-32 is in round.
01:29
Ninety-two thirty-two here are out near ten o seven.
01:37
Rising room.
01:41
Ninety-two thirty-five here are out near ten o eight.
01:47
You advise about the orthopedic center, correct?
01:52
467, that's correct.
01:54
I received an additional call.
01:55
It's across from Fireside off Parine in that parking lot.
02:09
I just advise office manager states there's power lines below her vehicle as well.
02:16
Fire department's en route.
02:19
I believe I found it.
02:21
It's going to be on Parion off the MLK.
02:29
10-4[1].
02:34
203.
02:35
203.
02:38
48, 104. 48, 104.
02:44
If you haven't already contact, Averin, whole pole is going to need to be replaced.
02:51
Copy a pole number.
02:58
5-1, repeating 13-9-951, copy on 128.
03:05
Go ahead.
03:07
69-493, EU 69493.
03:13
Thank you.
Police codes explained
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgement / Affirmative
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Location mentioned:
Veterans Memorial Dr, Mt Vernon, IL 62864
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