Low tree branch blocks bus on Newbridge Avenue, San Mateo CA
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TrafficAs discussed during the dispatch call, a bus driver reported a large low-hanging tree branch obstructing Newbridge Avenue in San Mateo. The branch hit the bus windshield and blocked passage on the narrow one-way road. A supervisor was sent to help the driver back up and clear traffic.
Audio|Heard on: San Mateo CA Transportation Group Calls
Listen to dispatch call
01:52
Transcript:
00:00
I'm not sure if any other operators have called in on this or it's just taking place, but there is a large branch that's hanging extremely low up going by Newbridge Avenue and I am obviously 12 foot high.
00:15
It kind of hit my front windshield, et cetera.
00:17
Copy?
00:19
Copy 15, did you say a branch? Can you go around it?
00:25
No, I'm up. I'm going up Newbridge Avenue.
00:27
Copy,
00:28
just the willow.
00:30
I can't avoid it and it's hanging as low as to my windshield, front windshield.
00:39
Transport,
00:40
can you back up to go around it?
00:44
That's a negative.
00:49
It's a limb,
00:51
but not a heavy branch.
00:55
But it's a limb and it's going to be in contact with the bus.
01:00
Copy.
01:03
Seven four,
01:04
how come you're unable to back up if we send someone to back me up?
01:11
Because I'm on a one way, it's a narrow one way.
01:14
Copy this is Newbridge Avenue.
01:18
Ten four, that's a copy.
01:19
Hold where you're at and we'll send a supervisor to assist you in backing up.
01:27
I'll try to pull off to my right shoulder so other cars can pass.
01:30
Copy?
01:32
Ten four,
01:34
Ten four. We don't want you hitting the branch.
01:37
Copy.
01:41
Control two S 23 or S eleven.
01:47
Copy that. Thank you, 43.
01:49
He's on Newbridge Avenue approaching service.
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Location mentioned:
Newbridge Ave, San Mateo, CA 94401
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