Downed light poles cause traffic signals outage on bridge, Seattle WA
TrafficLight poles fell on a bridge near 12th and Jackson in Seattle, causing sparking and disabling traffic signals. The area was closed for safety and emergency response was requested.
Audio|Source: Seattle Downtown Law Enforcement
02:27
Transcript:
00:00
The overpass year on 12.
00:02
A couple of, uh,
00:06
Looks like light poles just came down and there's some sparking on the bridge over here.
00:12
Can you advise that and see if patrol can also come out here?
00:21
Sorry, we have to close the street down there.
00:27
Copy, would you like me to log you to a call there?
00:34
Sure.
00:37
Gooseip.
00:42
I'm 1042.
00:45
1042.
00:48
As a result of that, all the traffic signals at 12 and Jackson are out.
00:56
Copy 12 in Jackson signals out as well.
01:03
1035 minutes to close that bridge on there on some traffic flowing this way.
01:11
Copy south units to close off the bridge.
01:19
One King, one, one Mary 21.
01:21
I'm going to start you for 12th and Weller to assist 1035.
01:25
Can you log?
01:37
1035, I... One queen.
01:41
Yeah, can you log me back to my original test?
01:44
Copy.
01:50
1035, you mentioned there's some sparking that do you believe you need fire on scene as well?
01:59
1035.
02:01
35?
02:05
You mentioned there's sparking over there, do you believe you need fire on scene?
02:12
There's no active fire or spooking right now.
02:14
When it all came down, it's the new sparking for a little bit.
02:20
If you want to come check it out, they can.
02:25
I'll be no longer actively sparking.
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Location mentioned:
12th & Jackson, Seattle, WA 98144
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