Tree Falls on Wires, Closing Road near Centre St, Newton MA


A tree fell on wires near Centre Street, causing the road to close. Eversource utility crews arrived to repair and clean up the area.
Audio|Source: Newton Police and Fire
02:9
Transcript:
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Medic 5 is Evan's Park.
00:01
Control forward to the area.
00:02
Roger.
00:03
Control.
00:04
Eversource just arrived on scene.
00:06
They were just wondering if 4th Street had any PA at all.
00:09
Negative, we'll give him a call back.
00:11
Roger, thank you.
00:12
The RP for that call just called again.
00:15
He said he's at the neighbor's house, near Montrose Street.
00:18
Go-9-7.
00:20
May contact the on-call force, they're pretty short staff.
00:24
He's about an hour ETA,
00:25
but he wanted to verify that Eversource had someone that was going to remove it from the line.
00:32
They're not able to do so.
00:33
They'll pick the tree up once it's off the wire.
00:35
Roger, the tree is not in contact with any of the wires.
00:40
Eversource is cleaning up what he can to be able to do the repairs now.
00:45
But, as I said before, the entire road is locked here.
00:47
Rishi, he said about an hour, ETA.
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Location mentioned:
Near Centre St, Newton, MA 02458
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