Truck hits utility pole causing low-hanging wire, Oakland County MI
TrafficA truck struck a utility pole in Oakland County, Michigan, snapping it and pulling the wire off a house. This caused a low-hanging wire over the road, creating a potential hazard.
Audio|Source: Oakland County Fire/EMS MABAS 3201 (Southwest) - Dispatch/Tac/Talk (P25)
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Commission dispatch, all units will be clear returning from Winston Row. Taffney, our units are returning from Winston Row. We can clear off the air for Western Web 1748. This message to watch that, then. Uh-huh. That's all bursheating and Captain 1 at command.
00:29
We have to this location. We have a pole to house. The truck hit the guide wire, snap the pole, pulled the drop off of the house. It's still apparently left. However, it's very tight. Like that the pole's pulling, it's pulling on the meter box. They'll let them know pull the house.
00:59
And you have a low-hanger wire down and over the road at this point. Not on the ground, but it is hanging close.
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Oakland County, MI
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