Truck downed cable wires causing road blockage in Newton, Newton MA
TrafficA truck in Newton caused cable wires to fall onto the road at Elliott Place and Elliott Street. Fire crews responded and determined the wires were not live electrical lines but cable wires. They proceeded to cut and clear the wires to remove the blockage. Comcast was informed of the issue but could not provide a time for repair. The incident caused temporary road blockages and fire department involvement.
Audio|Source: Newton Police and Fire
04:57
Transcript:
00:00
Alley, a place at Elliott Street for wires down on the roadway.
00:03
Truck took the Dow driving by.
00:06
It stopped.
00:10
Roger.
00:28
490s we got another call for those wires uh piece of they say to pop possible up the bell wires are still live roger i think that rig just stopped in front me at uh six trillion
00:43
Roger.
00:45
He asked me, I've blocked in. Can we send somebody over to Elliot, no way, please?
00:51
Roger, fire's out the way.
01:00
Control the 498.
01:14
Line-5 in the wait.
01:24
Basic controller, no marks on a truck operated. It wasn't really cheap like getting away.
01:39
I think he's trying to go pull into Elliott.
01:51
I think he's trying to pull into the Elliott yard the building that's not in the city yard. Roger.
02:08
The 7-0 file on, that's Elliot Place in Elliott, right?
02:12
That's affirmative.
02:15
Receive. Receive.
02:19
Receive. Okay.
02:23
Command.
02:25
Receive, you're off, you'll have command, 2103.
02:35
Fireland,
02:37
I'm answering engine 7.
02:42
This seems to be a cable wire across the street.
03:09
Yeah,
03:12
if you can come in off of chestnut block Elliot.
03:26
Control.
03:28
I'm going to head over to Elliot and Chestnut block there.
03:33
Roger.
03:36
Okay, you can cancel that fire is about to cut it. Looks like it's just a cable wire.
03:43
Roger. You can cancel that.
03:48
Roger. Well,
03:53
why you're just going to cut it?
03:55
Receive.
03:58
Receive.
04:06
One-five.
04:11
You can cancel.
04:17
Bride you.
04:18
Bride you.
04:20
Available.
04:24
Receive medic 5 clear and available. 2107.
04:35
Sola 498.
04:38
498.
04:41
Comcast is been notified. They're not able to provide an ETA.
04:50
Roger, uh... Fire scene is, uh, I'm sure if they are going to cut it now.
04:56
Roger.
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Location mentioned:
Elliot Pl & Elliot St, Newton, MA 02464
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