Vehicle strikes utility pole and traps pedestrian in Queens, Queens NY

Traffic

Reported: 11/7/2025 06:56 AM

180th St, Queens, NY

A vehicle struck a utility pole near Springfield Boulevard and 180th Street in Queens. The impact knocked down electrical wires and the traffic light. A pedestrian was trapped under the pole and was incoherent. Emergency medical help was requested immediately to assist the injured pedestrian.

Audio|Source: NYPD Citywide 3

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Transcript:

00:00

Spreefired on Springfield Boulevard in near 180th St.

00:04

There's electrical wire and the whole red light pole in the middle of the street blocking traffic in the wires and also on the street.

00:13

So, electrical wires.

00:15

Springfield heading east.

00:20

And near 180 Avenue.

00:24

Near 180 revised electrical wires, the whole stoplight itself is the military.

00:30

Characca cannot go through and wires too came down.

00:35

Understood.

00:36

SBO response, please will be notified.

00:58

When you start traffic here?

01:03

When you start traffic for you,

01:05

please start traffic for you.

01:13

Queenstall traffic portable.

01:16

Queenstile Traffic Portable.

01:17

Queenstall Traffic Portable, they gave Springfield Boulevard and near 180 for Etsy.

01:21

Queens Traffic Portable, go ahead.

01:22

All right, that intersection street with Springfield Boulevard is not crossing.

01:27

Sorry, sorry about that.

01:29

Mary Boulevard and near 180 street.

01:33

American near 180.

01:34

Sorry about that.

01:35

That's no problem.

01:36

Thank you. My name, Miami.

01:37

They're option.

01:38

All right.

01:39

Be advised you need a bus in this location, apparently,

01:42

a pedestrian is stuck the pole,

01:44

and he's an incoherent right in this moment.

01:48

He needs a bunch of the location also.

01:50

Understood.

01:51

There's a 53 at that location as well, and multiple calls for that location.

01:56

The vehicle hit the pole down.

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