Downed poles cause road blockage on Old State Rd, New Castle County DE
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Road ClosureAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to a road blockage on Old State Road in Delaware caused by downed utility poles. Traffic was redirected as responders coordinated vehicle turnarounds near nearby driveways.
Audio|Heard on: New Castle DE Public Works Group Calls
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Transcript:
00:00
(name withheld), is that you coming up towards me?
00:03
Yep, sure is.
00:06
Hey, go back to the stop sign.
00:09
You're going to have to let a handful of cars through, but that's it.
00:13
It's got poles down and everything.
00:17
Yeah, and a fire cop told me to head off here and find the biggest driveway and turn people around at it instead of back at the stop sign.
00:25
He said because he had a whole bunch of cars coming through here.
00:30
Oh, that's fine.
00:31
No problem.
00:34
I mean, I'll do whatever you want with it.
00:35
But I just, I was just doing what he said.
00:37
And he said he had just been steady getting in and out for people because there's so many houses on this road.
00:45
Hey, if you go back around that bend by that little bridge at (name withheld)'s old driveway, you'll be able to turn cars around in that blacktop driveway.
00:54
It's got a big entrance because tractor trailers used to go in there, and there is a big one right around where you are at because dump trucks used to go in here too.
01:03
Sounds good.
01:04
Ten more.
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Location mentioned:
Old State Rd, Delaware
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