Vehicle crashes into utility pole causing power outage, Westford MA


A vehicle crashed into a utility pole near Boston Rd and MA-110, causing primary power lines to fall. All traffic lights in the area are out, creating a large traffic jam. The occupant remains inside the vehicle. Emergency responders are waiting for the power company to de-energize the wires before assisting. The roadway is closed between St. Mary's and South Chelmsford, and traffic is being detoured. Additional personnel and stop signs may be needed to manage traffic.
Audio|Source: Westford Police
05:21
Transcript:
00:00
Can you make your way down to Boston at 110? Due to the crash, it appears all the traffic lights are out and created jam.
00:07
Thank you.
00:16
Cut, 20 to Western.
00:23
20, go ahead.
00:26
Can you notify Mast QOT on that and all social media to the crash in front of the text?
00:34
320, just be advised you have incredibly low audio.
00:41
24 to Western.
00:45
24, go ahead.
00:49
I'll be able to be advised there are some wires now, looks like some primaries.
00:55
Receive, 24.
01:00
That's 20 election?
01:02
20 to left?
01:07
20, good.
01:11
Can you notify the grid on that, please?
01:13
We're already on the phone with them.
01:20
We're going out as well, sir.
01:23
23, go ahead.
01:27
I'll be going out as well, just be advised the lights that Tadmock and Littleton are also out.
01:35
Receive 23.
01:41
25 of the Boston Road details. I'm hitting down the 110 from the center.
01:47
See,
01:51
they have some trucks on the road. Okay, see. They have some trucks on the road.
01:54
That's right.
02:03
24, go ahead.
02:06
Just be advised, I'll be detour in traffic from the Loth Road going down, St.
02:12
Mary's.
02:13
Readd. 24.
02:17
20, go ahead.
02:20
I'll be going out.
02:23
Receive 20.
02:29
25,
02:32
good. 25, good.
02:34
I'm going to be out dealing with traffic at the intersection here.
02:42
Free suit, Pam, we did notify Matthew T, see if we could come out to assist with stop signs or something like that. They're going to give us a call back. Thank you.
02:54
Great you. Great, sir.
03:00
Turn 5, they caught 20.
03:04
Cut 20.
03:06
Just checking, do you any more bodies out?
03:10
I'm not heading that way.
03:13
We may need to shut us down at 1-10 and self-chromspirit.
03:18
We'll just run it back to truck and trail you know it's out of here and figure out where we go. Receip?
03:34
Through to Westford.
03:37
23, go ahead.
03:40
Just be advised it appears to be a single vehicle crash into a pole. We got primaries down everywhere.
03:48
We're going to need grid to get here, ASAP, and try and de-energize this.
03:57
Received, we're already on the phone, though.
04:04
20 to Westwood.
04:07
20, go ahead.
04:10
Devise we're going to have 110 shutdown between St. Mary's and South Chelmsford. 24 is going to be blocking at South Chelmsford.
04:16
Carrey team is assisting at the time right at St. Mary's.
04:25
Receive, 20.
04:31
90. We're going to need to least two details of a similar.
04:37
Most likely I haven't even been able to get down to the crash light yet.
04:42
I'm taking my way down there now.
04:45
Okay, where's it?
04:50
Enter to the unit by the Shogathex National Bridges called back within a 20 minutes to zero.
05:03
23,
05:06
go ahead.
05:08
To be advised, that point's going to be Mass 5 Victor, Bravo,
05:12
Victor,
05:13
85.
05:14
The occupant is still inside the vehicle.
05:17
We're just waiting for a grid to show up before we can even make contact with them.
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