Single-Vehicle Accident Downs Power Pole on Route 36
UPDATE, 4:10: The pole has been removed enough to allow traffic to be controlled one lane at a time.
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A single-vehicle accident with a tree has downed a power pole in the roadway on California Route 36. Power lines are also scattered across the roadway. Multiple emergencies units have responded to the scene.
The vehicle has fallen down a 50-foot embankment. The victim was originally thought to be trapped in the vehicle, but the party has self-extricated.
The California Highway Patrol reports that all lanes are blocked and the roadway me be closed for “quite a while.”
2:53
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[1] VEH VS TREE
2:53
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[4] [Appended, 14:54:39] [1] SOLO VEH T/C INTO DITCH AND TREE / PTY EXITING VEH
2:54
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[5] [Appended, 14:54:39] [2] PTY IS STUCK IN THE VEH
2:55
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[7] PER ADTL CALLER, SOLO PTY IN VEH
2:55
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Unit Assigned
2:55
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[10] 1039 CALFIRE
2:56
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[13] POWER LINES 1125
2:57
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Unit Assigned
2:57
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Unit Enroute
3:09
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[20] [Notification] [CHP]-PER CALFIRE, PTY IS OO VEH, THERE ARE POWER LINES DOWN AND A POLE BROKEN OFF AND 1125
3:13
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[24] 1039 PGE, WILL CALL BACK W/ETA
3:17
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[25] 1039 CLYDES TOW 707-725-5139
3:18
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[26] PER FIRE PK IS 50' DOWN EMBANKMENT // WILL NEED WRECKER // CLYDES ADVSD
3:22
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Unit At Scene
3:23
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[27] A16-031 LINES DOWN EB AND WB LANES COMPLETELY BLKD
3:25
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[28] A16-031 REQ CALTRANS, RDWY MAY BE CLOSED FOR QUITE A WHILE
3:25
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Unit At Scene
3:26
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Unit Assigned
3:26
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Unit Enroute
3:28
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Unit At Scene
3:42
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[33] PER CDF PGE HAS ETA OF 50 MIN
4:04
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[34] PER 1624 POLE HAS BEEN MOVED AND STARTING ONE WAY CONTROLLED TRFC
4:23
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Unit Cleared
4:45
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[39] 16-S4 ,44 STANDING BY FOR VEH RECOVERY
4:45
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Unit Cleared
5:23
p.m.
[41] [Notification] [CHP]-Problem changed from 1179-Trfc Collision-1141 Enrt to 1182-Trfc Collision-No Inj
5:23
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[40] A16-044 RDWY OPEN 1182 1110 TAKEN NEG 180
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