At 10:56 EDT, stations 77 and 34 were dispatched to the area of Italian Delite Pizzeria and Restaurant for a vehicle accident standby. Supplemental information from Montgomery County indicated that a tractor trailer on location hit power lines and that live wires were down.
Engine 77 and Chief 77 arrived on location and confirmed the incident at 735 W. Main Street. A tractor trailer was attempting to utilize the parking lot to turn around and struck the power lines. Units noted that the wires had been arcing upon making contact with the vehicle. Chief 77 requested Peco be dispatched to respond out.
Peco arrived on location at 11:13 and rendered the down power lines safe. Units found no evidence of extension from the arcing wires.
All units were made available at 12:05 hours. |