Female driver crashes into telephone pole near national guard, Berlin NH
TrafficA female driver crashed into a telephone pole near the National Guard area in Berlin causing the pole to break. The driver appeared injured and power lines were reported down. Emergency units closed the road for safety until the electric company arrived. The downed wires were later confirmed to be non-energized guide wires.
Audio|Source: Berlin Fire Dispatch
03:12
Transcript:
00:00
Please respond to a motor vehicle accident over by the National Guard.
00:05
Caller is advising of a female operator who struck a telephone pole cut it in half.
00:11
Caller stated that the female party does appear to be injured.
00:14
Unknown fluid leakage at this time.
00:31
Fire 8-2, Berlin Dispatching Control is on and responding.
00:36
10-5[1].
00:38
Berlin, NG1, Berlin, lateral will be on to responding.
00:45
10-5[1], engine one, latter one, responding.
00:54
Berlin fire A2, Berlin dispatch.
00:58
Go ahead,
01:00
A2. You can show A2 off on scene.
01:03
We do have a power line still attached to the pole down in the roadway.
01:06
Can you please notify Eversource to get them rolling in this direction?
01:10
A2 to engine one.
01:12
Clear for an update?
01:16
Engine one, answering A2.
01:17
Go ahead, please.
01:19
A2's update to engine one.
01:21
We've got significant damage to a motor vehicle off the road at this time.
01:26
We're going to be trying to move people out of the area, but we need PD in this location.
01:29
Shut the road down.
01:32
We will be staging one pole length behind the scene.
01:34
Patient appears to be out of the vehicle at this time.
01:36
We will continue to update.
01:41
Page one copy.
01:42
Is the line down on the road or is it still suspended in the air?
01:49
We have what appears to be one guide wire still holding onto the pole directly across the lane to travel, and what appears to be a low voltage or service wire, possibly TV.
02:03
Received at 12th Street.
02:08
Received.
02:17
(name withheld) on the Nebula Institute, we've got a tractor trail unit on its way towards you right now.
02:23
Make sure you got plenty of clearance there.
02:28
Received. We have traffic control from Berlin, outbound.
02:32
We have a PD unit on the opposite side holding traffic now.
02:42
Attention, Berlin Fire and PDU NET.
02:46
The advised Eversource is en route unknown ETA.
02:52
A2 has the update, thank you.
02:58
A2, engine one, I have an update for you.
03:03
Go ahead for A2-2-1.
03:05
We can confirm now that the wires that are obstructing the roadway are non-energized.
03:10
They are guide wires only guide wires only at this time.
Police codes explained
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[1]
10-5: Relay (Transmit message)
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Location mentioned:
Riverside Dr, Berlin, NH 03570
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