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Bus freed after wires down near Town St in CornwallCornwall CT

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Town St & Yelping Hill Rd, Cornwall, CT 06796

According to the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to Yelping Hill Road and Town Street in Cornwall after reports of a school bus entangled in power lines. Fire and ambulance units were dispatched, but the incident was resolved without reported injuries once the bus was freed and continued its route.

Audio|Heard on: Litchfield County Fire and EMS Departments - Southern
Listen to dispatch call
05:40
Transcript:
00:00
I just got a call in from the Cornwall School Bus on Yelping Hill Road.
00:05
There's some wires down.
00:07
Can you dispatch Cornwall Fire?
00:16
You're just confirming where on Yelping Hill Road.
00:19
We haven't received any calls directly.
00:23
That's a good question.
00:25
I'm headed there now.
00:26
I'm not entirely sure.
00:30
That the wires were on the bus,
00:38
but they are not right now, but the bus can't move from their location.
00:48
It looks like the issue comes up that Yelping Hill is going to be in two spots in your town and they do touch one up further off of Town Street and the other one on the lower side that goes to Fort Hill.
01:05
Looking at her location looks like it's the Town Street side.
01:49
Responded area of Yelping Hill Road and Town Street before a reported school bus trapped in the power lines.
01:56
Unknown injuries, 77 Bravo 3.
01:59
Respond to the area of Yelping Hill Road and Town Street.
02:03
For a school bus trapped in the power lines, unknown injuries, 77 Bravo 3.
02:39
School bus is back in route.
02:47
Cornwall can cancel the call, school bus is back in route.
05:28
This time you can terminate the call for Cornwall Fire and Ambulance.
05:37
Incident terminated for Cornwall Fire and Ambulance at 8:28.

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Town St & Yelping Hill Rd, Cornwall, CT 06796

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