Delivery truck hits utility pole behind Buffalo Wild Wings, Wethersfield CT


A delivery truck hit a utility pole behind the Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant, causing electrical and communication lines to fall. The incident disrupted power to a shopping complex nearby, and emergency services responded to secure the area.
Audio|Source: Wethersfield Fire
04:25
Transcript:
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Good. All right. We're getting additional info.
00:01
Looks like the delivery guy,
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hit a pole in the back of Buffalo Wild Wings, make the delivery.
00:05
Getting his third hand, we don't know if he's still in the truck or where the wire is.
00:08
If someone wants to divert over there, we're going to send a patrol unit there as well.
00:12
All right, I'll head that way.
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Yeah, if you got a cruiser, see if you can check that situation out.
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18-21 responding with (number withheld).
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Action 11 is on the driver only.
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Heppel.
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Two to 21.
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Go ahead. Why don't you head to the Buffalo Wild Wings? Check that out.
00:32
I'll go to Hewitt Street.
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Rolls, Buffalo Wild Wings.
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Engine 31, responding, drive rolling.
00:38
Spatch card two.
00:39
Good.
00:40
Alright, there's a pole down in the back of Buffalo Wild Wings.
00:42
The driver's gone.
00:43
Okay, 21, just seal off that area.
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See if it's electrical or what's down.
00:48
Okay, I'm just going around behind the building now.
00:51
Card 2 I've seen on Hewitt Street.
00:53
We do have electrical lines down, or low hanging, you know, check-in.
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10-4[1], ever source and rule priority 2.
01:01
Allison Hewitt.
01:02
Cartoon dispatch will be established command. We have a pole down on Hewitt Street, and the wires are about 10 feet off the ground. Electrical, phone, communications, everything. Ten, four, 13, 23. Command, the 21.
01:29
I got a trailer in the back of the building. I can't get around. I'm turning around going around front. All right, yeah, just pull up on the side of the Buffalo Wild Wings, the Salasina side, and just put it in coordinate area off, tape it off. The pole is actually on Jewett Street, but it's laying in a couple of the Wild Wings parking off.
01:59
25. John, can you see the zero transformer on that pole? I don't see one. Okay. There's actually a hornet that's connected to it as well. There's a harness all over the place. This looks like it's a pole. She's the whole sign of the shopping center here.
02:25
191 is the whole shopping complex out of power? I'm sure right now trying to check it. It's not solid expense to throw it out on that tree. There's only one piece that's scripted in there as well. Yeah, I have a source confirmed it's so energized.
02:48
1331 on scene
Police codes explained
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10-4: Acknowledgement/OK
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Location mentioned:
Near Silas Deane Hwy, Wethersfield, CT 06109
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