Excavator crashes into power pole on East McClellan Road, Mesa AZ
Fire & ArsonAn excavator struck a power pole near East McClellan Road. The driver remained conscious and was instructed to stay in the vehicle until power lines were de-energized. Emergency units and utility crews arrived to secure the area. No injuries were reported for the driver at the time.
Audio|Source: Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management
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Transcript:
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Altered level of consciousness.
00:02
Near East McClellan Road, Engine 208, CEC5.
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Avenue, Pugnet 4, K-deck 2.
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T-dex 4.
00:24
Z-1-1 copies in his transformer fluid, sorry about that.
00:33
No worries.
00:36
The patient that's in the excavator is he conscious?
00:41
Working on getting a travel report right now. Hang on. Happy.
00:48
LT 201, the truck 201.
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381. Just talked to the passenger in the tractor.
01:00
He's okay. He was instructed not to touch anything and not to move and to stay in the vehicle.
01:12
LT211 copies so driver of the excavator is stable in a vehicle, no injuries, he's not touching anything,
01:23
unknown if the power lines are de-energized, and then you said it's City of Mesa Utilities, poll number again.
01:32
3-8-1
01:35
LC-1 alarm.
01:43
LC201.
01:45
Did you copy direct on the poll number?
01:48
I did. City of Mesa pole 0381, driver is conscious. And then did you also request NAMBO code to, my apologies?
01:57
No AMBO required at this time.
02:00
Copy. I have the Tadde 204 in round and I will call utilities right now.
02:07
A guilty tool on copies and then can you add an engine to this as well?
02:12
Copy-up.
02:15
Agent C-02 alarm.
02:17
The one's traffic. We're ahead northbound on country flood from southern.
02:30
Hi. Engine 202.
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C-deck 3.
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Engine 212, C-deck 5, Anode Medical, 2550, South Ellsworth Road, unit 765,
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engine 212, C-deck 5
02:54
This assignment.
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845, North Alma School Road.
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Utility 208.
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Engine 55. 865.
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8X7.
03:15
In the cab, not moving.
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We have no arcing or any planes at this time.
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So we're going to go ahead and establish that protection line and stand by.
03:29
So we get utilities on scene.
03:34
Got the elbow, protection line in place.
03:36
The pole appears to be snapped lines down on the X-Fair.
03:39
The patient has no additional injuries at this time.
03:42
We're going to be in a holding pattern to wait for utilities that come into the scene to ensure that the lines are de-energized, and then at that time we'll work on patient removal.
03:51
I'll go ahead and assume Country Club Command will retain right now for the time on Channel C3.
03:59
Don't take two long copies.
04:01
I did not establish a commute on this, but we'll go ahead and go ahead with that and you're going to assume Country Club Korea, correct?
04:11
Yeah, that's the permit.
04:12
Don't take Country Club command. We'll just keep channel seeing this today.
04:17
Don't take too long copies.
04:25
Engine 287. K-DEC 7. Check Welfare.
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Near East Indian Wells Place.
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Engine 287. K-deck 7.
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This position over to the east and we get just in a holding pattern until the proper utilities get unseen and we can reassure that the lines be energized.
04:52
I'm going to go ahead and have my crew dress out and will be standing by for the orders.
05:00
All right to Battalion 204.
05:03
Battalion 24.
05:07
They have about a 10-minute ETA as of two minutes ago.
05:13
The utilities are en route with a 10-minute ETA. Can you confirm its assessor P or City Mesa?
05:19
The city of Mesa, they have a reported power outage in the area so they were already en route.
05:26
Okay, T9204 copies.
05:28
We're just, we're going to stay on Channel C3, T9204 is going to establish as Country Club command.
05:35
Alarm copies. And I was on the phone and I did not catch. Is patient aiding in Amber are we holding off right now?
05:42
Hold on at this time.
05:44
Per previous report, it sounds like there's no injuries to the occupant that's in the excavator. We're just going to keep them in place so we can reassure that the lines are de-energized.
05:54
Hi, copy. Thank you.
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Location mentioned:
Near E McLellan Rd, Mesa, AZ 85205
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