Hit-and-Run Driver Collides with Power Pole at Howard Street and Airport Road, Causes Power Outage

AI SUMMARY: A hit and run incident with no injuries occurred at Howard Street and Airport Road. The collision involved a vehicle hitting a power pole, causing it to completely collapse. The driver was last seen driving towards the airport. The reporting party noticed power still on in surrounding houses and reported that the pole was cut in half with the line down in a puddle. PG&E was contacted and informed of the situation, with an ETA of one hour and 15 minutes. PG&E confirmed the driver checked the school property and surrounding areas for damage but found nothing. The vehicle involved was a red truck, and there was video footage from the high school. Multiple incidents of the vehicle involved in different locations were reported, and PG&E was notified of the pole number.

— LoCOBot. AI-generated headline and summary of the CHP dispatch log below as of 2:19 p.m. Did the bot blow it? That’s going to happen from time to time. Please let us know.


3:02 a.m.
[1] VEH VS POWERPOLE
3:04 a.m.
[5] POWERPOLE COMPLETELY DOWN / NEG 1125
3:05 a.m.
[7] VEH LS DRIVING TOWARDS THE AIRPORT
3:07 a.m.
[9] 1039 105-S2 // CPZ, AFFIRM ON CALLOUT FOR 54
3:21 a.m.
[13] RP CAN SEE POWER STILL ON IN SURROUNDING HOUSES / BELIEVES THE POLE CUT IN HALF AND THE LINE IS DOWN AND IN A PUDDLE / POWERPOLE ON SCHOOLS PROPERTY
3:28 a.m.
[16] 1039 PGE / WILL CB WITH ETA
3:34 a.m.
[17] PGE CB // ENRT, 1 HOUR and 15 MIN ETA
7:16 a.m.
[31] PGE DRVIER WAS INFORMED OF LN 13 AND DID CHECK THE SCHOOL PROPERTY AND ALL SURROUNDING AREAS / WAS UTL ON ANY DMGED POLE/DOWN POLE/DOWN LINES
10:52 a.m.
[46] [Appended, 14:09:46] [5] HIT RPS FENCE AND HER VEH
10:52 a.m.
[45] [Appended, 14:09:46] [4] OCCD 0255 HRS TODAY
2:06 p.m.
[36] POLE 8429 INFO FOR PGE
2:07 p.m.
[37] VEH WAS RED TRK ON VIDEO FOOTAGE FRM THE HS PER 105-S3
2:08 p.m.
[39] 76450 IS WHERE THE TC OCC'D THEN HIT POLE HOWARD AND AIRPORT
2:12 p.m.
[57] REQ NOTIFY PGE OF POLE NUMBER [Shared]
2:12 p.m.
[56] PER 105-S3 VEH TC'D 3 DIFF 1020'S THE ABOVE 1020, 78460 FOOTHILL AND 76450 FOOT HILL //54 WILL BE HANDLING THE RPT [Shared]
2:15 p.m.
[59] 1039 PGE [Shared]
3:47 p.m.
[62] [Notification] [CHP]-PER PGE // ADVING NEG POLE HIT [Shared]
3:49 p.m.
[63] 105-53 CPZ VIA LL // NEG POLE DMG AND BELEIVES NEG POLE WAS HIT and DEEMED IT SAFE [Shared]

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