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Traffic collision damages road sign on Main and South, Reading MA

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South St & Main St, Reading, MA 01867

As discussed during the dispatch call, a traffic incident occurred near the intersection of Main Street and South Street in Reading, Massachusetts. A road sign, including a No U-turn and Keep Right sign, was damaged in the collision. The southbound side of the road was blocked, and MassDOT was notified.

Audio|Heard on: Reading Police & Fire Dispatch
Listen to dispatch call
01:28
Transcript:
00:00
All right, could you also just notify MassDOT? I believe one of their signs was taken out in this process just to make them aware.
00:09
Ten four.
00:15
Wait a minute.
00:20
Okay.
00:22
Right, is that the meeting in this after Main and South heading towards the 99?
00:27
That'd be correct.
00:33
We're in that next.
00:35
Okay.
00:37
Right, I'm on the line with MassDOT now.
00:39
Can you just specify the type of sign that got knocked over?
00:44
I believe one side of it is a no-U-turn sign, and the other side is a Keep Right sign.
00:54
Received.
00:59
Okay, fire medic one.
01:04
Copy one.
01:08
Off of Lahey PVD.
01:12
He was off at the Leahy and Beauty.
01:18
Right, we're going to have the southbound side blocked off.
01:21
I didn't mean it itself.
01:23
We have craze attempting to escape this vehicle.
01:27
Received.

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Location mentioned:
South St & Main St, Reading, MA 01867

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