Single vehicle hits pole causing power outage, Tacoma WA
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TrafficAccording to the dispatch call, a single vehicle crashed into a telephone pole near Lakewood Drive and 68th Street West, causing power lines to go down. The male driver sustained a head injury but was seen walking away from the scene.
Audio|Heard on: Tacoma Police Dispatch - South
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Transcript:
00:00
Call-435 a collision.
00:07
4357 if you can assist us.
00:12
We're getting multiple callers at Lakewood Drive W near 68th Street W for one car into a telephone pole and sounds like lines are down sort of advising to call not fire.
00:24
435. President.
00:33
1550. 1235 and 457.
00:39
I don't know if he's walking away from the scene, but there's a driver, white male 60s, 6-foot, medium build, brown, short hair, and a white beard with a cut on his head, wearing a black, pretty, and blue jeans.
00:52
4347. Okay,
00:55
we do.
01:00
I'll throw up to you, you can clear this unfounded and we'll go to that crash.
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Location mentioned:
68th St W & Lakewood Dr W, Tacoma, WA 98467
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