Truck tangled in downed wires on South Road

Heard on: Massachusetts State Police Dispatch - Troop B

01:42

This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

00:00

Can you make your way to (number withheld) South Road in Richmond?

00:05

Wires on a truck, parties out of the vehicle.

00:08

Unknown if it's a telecom or electrical.

00:13

Received, we'll be en route.

00:18

1850, Burns en route for that.

00:22

Received.

00:28

10-78 to B3, 398 to W or B3, obviously.

00:32

Received.

00:36

Two 17B1 , just be advised, I have a forty-minute ETA.

00:49

Two 87B1 . Once they clear from this DMV, I can start heading there if I'm closer.

01:00

Your call.

01:05

Bro, cars are turning.

01:11

Right there, sir.

01:17

B one to any working truck team members in B troop.

01:25

So I read a dump truck take out some wires in Richmond.

01:29

He didn't hit the pipe.

01:30

The dump body might have been out for something that they may want to rescue.

01:39

Be one of the VSHU.

01:41

We'll have more details on that shortly.

6/20/2026 09:09 AM

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S Rd, Peru, MA 01235

Truck tangled in downed wires on South Road

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Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, dispatchers reported a possible road hazard on South Road in Richmond involving a truck tangled with low or downed wires. The occupants were out of the vehicle, and it was unclear whether the affected lines were telecommunications or electrical. Radio traffic suggested a dump truck may have pulled down the wires with its raised bed.

Truck tangled in downed wires on South Road

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