Vehicle crash brings down utility pole on US 41, Vigo County IN
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TrafficAs discussed during the dispatch call, officers responded to a single-vehicle crash on North US Highway 41 in Otter Creek Township. The vehicle struck a utility pole, causing the pole to break and utility lines to fall across the roadway. The downed lines were likely phone or cable lines. One southbound lane was affected, and a tow truck was requested to clear the scene. No personal injuries were mentioned in the dispatch.
Audio|Heard on: Terre Haute Public Safety and Vigo County Fire
Listen to dispatch call
03:49
Transcript:
00:00
Dispatch, North 41 coming in.
00:03
Clear 20, can you start with 13 for a motor vehicle accident with possible injury?
00:08
It's going to be near North US Highway 41.
00:13
If I was just south of there, vehicle into a pole.
00:26
We've got a utility pole down up here in the highway or at least one.
00:36
We're going to need somebody up here to take care of it.
02:29
The actual pole is snapped.
02:31
It's going to be phone company, but I can't.
02:33
There is no number on that pole, so I just got the one right across the street from it.
02:42
It's going to be southbound just north of Bolton Road.
02:45
You're going to need a tow truck.
02:47
A subject has no insurance.
02:49
Registration is false to my location.
03:09
It's going to be on a 2007 Toyota.
03:29
Nearby resident informs us that this is possibly spectrum lines across the street.
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Location mentioned:
N US Hwy 41, Otter Creek Township, IN 47805
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