Downed trees and power lines block Highway 8, Lexington NC
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Road ClosureAccording to the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to several downed trees and power lines blocking Highway 8 and Newsom Road in North Carolina. Traffic, including school buses, was temporarily held while waiting for the power company and state transportation crews to clear the debris. One lane of the highway was later reopened once conditions improved.
Audio|Heard on: Montgomery NC Fire-Tac Group Calls
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03:51
Transcript:
00:00
You got two coming.
00:02
I think I'll go ahead on before we get that.
00:05
So we made contact with their GID again.
00:08
They stated their phone call person was out late last night, so they're not able to call them back out again.
00:16
They're going to try to get somebody, but it might be at least 30 minutes before they can start somebody that way when the next shift comes on.
00:25
Copy. Go ahead and let the county department know, because I've got school buses held up now, and I don't have any location to turn anything around.
00:35
So just let county department know that school buses are going to be held up on South Main Street.
00:42
Cable.
00:44
AC 48.
00:46
Go ahead.
00:47
Okay,
00:48
Was there about 10 out at the sun?
00:51
Copy that, appreciate.
00:53
Chief 71, Command, 38.
00:55
You on the type 48.
00:56
I got one coming, you got.
00:58
Clear?
00:59
Yeah, go ahead.
01:00
Through them all.
01:01
No, mate, Chief Seamy One, Command, 48.
01:04
You on type 48.
01:05
Yeah, go ahead, sir.
01:06
I was trying to call you guys.
01:09
Paramedic (name withheld) just came through.
01:11
There were a couple more trees on Newsom Road,
01:15
shutter down,
01:16
as well. Just want to advise you guys,
01:20
once we get cleared up here on Highway 8,
01:23
whenever that happens,
01:25
we can come assist if you need some help.
01:27
That's why I was reaching out to see if you needed any help on this end.
01:31
I think right now we've got it covered, waiting on Energy,
01:35
United 4 over where (name withheld) is at, and we're waiting on NCDOT here.
01:41
We're going to go on down Newsom Road,
01:44
and then we may venture up to Look Avenue, and then back down to check everything.
01:48
Just let me know.
01:49
Just find anything.
02:26
Up.
02:28
637 to 48.
02:31
Oh, yes, sir.
02:32
And, well,
02:34
I'm coming your way.
02:38
I've also got another crew coming in.
02:40
They should be at the hard five.
02:42
Seven that can have the nuisance, so y'all don't injure yourself.
02:46
I mean, we need to make an effort to get them open up and get the school bus through.
02:49
But I've got equipment coming that way.
02:53
Alright, copy that.
02:54
Yeah, we've got highway open, one lane open on Highway 8.
02:57
There are four cedar trees that came down.
03:02
We have one side of Highway 8 open,
03:07
We just had a paramedic come through.
03:10
They said there were several trees on Newsom that were down as well.
03:14
Some may involve power lines as well, not sure yet.
03:22
I heard (name withheld) on the radio, do I need to send a crew?
03:28
Does she copy that?
03:31
I think the power company was 10 minutes out.
03:35
I hope they can go ahead and fix this and the lines will go back up, because we don't have any pole damage right now, but it's holding traffic up.
03:46
Yes, we'll let you know if we need to come that way.
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Location mentioned:
NC-8 & Newsom Rd, North Carolina 27239
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