Walmart truck hits porch causing road closure, Schuylkill Haven PA
A Walmart tractor trailer crashed into a porch near Center Avenue in Schuylkill County. The crash damaged the truck's undercarriage and oil pan. The accident caused a temporary road closure and traffic was redirected near University Drive and Main Street.
Audio|Source: Schuylkill County Fire
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Transcript:
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Area near Center Avenue in Schuylkill Borough reported vehicle accident.
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903. Me assistant chief 63.
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Rescue, come up past the scene and park in front of 12 for the moment.
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The assistant chief 63.
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County from assistant 63.
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We're not going to need that LV.
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Okay. Other thing is I've nothing at a station for, you got the rescue coming now.
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You want anything else additional?
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Good.
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Okay, no point.
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John, he's 3.51.
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Buddy's line.
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If you need help, I'll be there in a little bit.
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Yeah, you were due to University Drive, but if you can't get through there, if you want to handle that one at 61 at Center Avenue, we'll leave the trooper there.
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I'm still working like getting somebody to University Drive for the Northbound site.
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6382 to County.
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6382.
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Myself and another fire police are going to go down to Sheetz and send everybody into Main Street.
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I'm sorry, you and home?
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One of our other fire police.
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We're going down to Sheetz and send everybody northbound into Main Street.
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Okay.
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And let me know if, uh,
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when you do that, I'll get the Penn State Police to, they're stopping traffic at university.
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I'll get them to try to get that traffic turned around and let them know you're below and have it stopped.
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Yeah, he knows about it.
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I'm here at Sheetz now.
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Okay, copy that.
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And that other fire police that's with you.
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That's not the 56th guy, is it? He's gonna handle 61 and Center, or center and dock.
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So I'm right here just about at Garfield now.
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Okay, well, 6382 has the University Drive.
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Can you go, Henner, fellow, have relieved a trooper at 61 and Doc?
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I can since I get a parking spot.
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Okay.
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Oh, 55680s responding.
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Okay, 907 operations on Bravo 1.
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You can use Fire Police 10, you can use Fire Police 1.
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County Chiefs 63-2.
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Go ahead.
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For the tractor trailer, any damage to the trailer or food product or anything involved in this?
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We didn't even open the back.
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It's a Walmart truck.
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The only damage we noticed was to the undercarriage, the oil pan.
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All right, let me know.
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I'll let you and may know about the temporary road closure, but if there's any other notifications to them that need to be made, let me know.
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Vehicle is into the front porch of 103, but there's no damage.
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Okay, copy.
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