Utility pole and tree block road on south side of Pitts Road, Columbia County NY
Fire & ArsonA utility pole has broken and fallen across the road on the south side of Pitts Road. Live electrical wires and a large tree are also down, blocking the road. Emergency and utility crews are responding, and the road is closed.
Audio|Source: Columbia County Fire
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Transcript:
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Second call, they're now advising the south of Pitts Road for your visement.
00:06
Very seen.
00:07
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00:26
Central Car 2 arriving at the end up and 3 down.
00:30
Here on scene, I'm here by the roadway, 23,
00:34
44. Colby Johnny 911, National Car 2.
00:37
What about Nassau Car 2?
00:38
You take notification to NYSSAG, it'll be poll number 9[1].
00:43
NiceAG poll number 9[1].
00:44
NiceAG poll number 9[1].
00:46
There's going to be just the wires or are you confirming the poles down and off.
00:49
Go ahead and I'll follow by shortly.
00:51
Corby turning on with one national car two.
00:54
We're on national car two.
00:56
If you can relay, we do have a pole that's sheared across the roadway, primaries down, as well as we have a pretty large tree that's center of the road as well.
01:07
So the road's going to close off.
01:08
First, the pole sheared across the roadway, primaries down along with the trees.
01:11
We're on the line with NYSEC[2] now.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
poll number 9: Utility pole identifier
[2]
NYSEC: New York State Electric & Gas (utility company)
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Location mentioned:
Pitts Rd, Chatham, NY 12136
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