Traffic accident causes spill and traffic light outage on Essex St, Weymouth MA
A traffic accident on Essex Street caused oil and fluid to spill onto the road, creating a hazard. The Department of Public Works was requested to clean up. Later, traffic lights went out due to a downed power line at the same location, affecting vehicle and pedestrian traffic.
Audio|Source: Weymouth Police and Fire Dispatch
02:19
Transcript:
00:00
There's quite a bit of oil and fluids down the roadway here in the crosswalk. Could you notify the DPW, send them up there with the sweeper?
00:09
Roger.
00:10
835 control and be off at a kernel gas.
00:17
How long were they saying down there?
00:21
I can go back and check it. I forgot to ask.
00:27
I'm totally 35.
00:30
Hey, 835.
00:31
Hey, 835.
00:34
And for excusing buses go down, they said that the accidents beyond them, they just need to get the buses to the ad.
00:41
All right, Roger, it seems like Sierra 201 is making it work.
00:53
All right. All right. Control 8333-3.
00:58
Okay. Okay.
01:01
Can you check mineral lake for the traffic lights to the road? Got it.
01:12
Chair, still three to control.
01:16
Traffic lights are out through the power, the line down on Essex Street.
01:23
That should be going in a few minutes.
01:27
Budget.
01:36
2.01 to control quite a few buses and quite a bit of pedestrian traffic trying to get down here.
01:43
You give Amitken a call and see how long it's going to be. If now we're going to have to come up with some sort of plan.
01:51
The buses stated that the Ayat is prior to the accident.
01:54
They just wanted to know if the buses can get through to get down to the Ayad.
02:03
Roger, that's not the issue. There's quite a bit of residents trying to get home to the cut through streets.
02:10
Roger.
02:15
Control the CO201. They said the buses can go down, they'll get right back to us with an EPA.
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Essex St, Weymouth, MA
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