Road closed after damaged pole with exposed wires in Elgin, Elgin IL


A telephone pole with a streetlight was damaged and wires were exposed after being struck, causing police and emergency management to close a road temporarily for safety and coordination.
Audio|Source: Bolingbrook ARS Repeater System
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Transcript:
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So yeah, a lot of the place and EMA[1] call out Saturday night.
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Police the barrow she had absolutely going nuts with different stuff so uh yeah they ended up calling us out the babysit a telephone pole with the street light on it and you know a wire feeding that uh streetlight got that hit splitter at the bottom of the pole his base ground there and then uh
00:29
there was a mix-up on comments part So, you know, I'd get the dispatchers out there, give us big phone calls for us, and they didn't realize that we had the road shut down.
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So once that happened, things move rather quickly.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
EMA: Emergency Management Agency (call out)
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Location mentioned:
Near E Chicago St, Elgin, IL 60120
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