Power line down causes road closure near Route 27, North Brunswick Township NJ
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Road ClosureAs discussed during the dispatch call, a power line and transformer issue near Route 27 and Finnegan's Lane has caused a road closure. Fire and police units from South Brunswick, North Brunswick, and Franklin Township are responding to the scene.
Audio|Heard on: Middlesex NJ Law Talk Group Calls
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01:18
Transcript:
00:00
South Brunswick to Franklin Township in North Brunswick.
00:04
We're getting reports that the Route 27 and Finnegan's Lane and Bennington Parkway light is out.
00:10
Can you send units? I have no one available.
00:13
South, this is Franklin.
00:14
We've got the transformer, Route 27.
00:16
Hence the fire response spotting out for that.
00:19
We appreciate you.
00:20
Thank you.
00:22
Yeah, North Brunswick to Franklin.
00:24
Just be advised.
00:25
We're getting reports of a power line down on your side, Hempstead.
00:27
Where is it in the parking at this time? Unknown if it's in the roadway.
00:32
Route 27, Hempstead.
00:33
It's going to be a power line down on your side.
00:36
All right.
00:38
That's where we've got a rolling in a cellar.
00:47
North Brunswick to Franklin on the hotline.
00:48
You got fire rolling as well? If not, I'll start ours.
00:51
We got fire en route, both of you guys control.
00:54
Our patrol is on the same.
00:55
It's live wire across the road to roadway.
00:58
All right, is it on your side or outside? I got units responding as well.
01:03
It's across the whole roadway.
01:05
So if you got a zone or there, probably going to end up closing it.
01:09
Close it down, probably because they'll have wire going across.
01:13
All right, I would assume we're going to be shutting down the roadway, Route 27, north and south now.
01:18
I would assume, south.
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Location mentioned:
NJ-27 & Finnegans Ln, North Brunswick Township, NJ 08824
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