Truck driver may have torn power lines at Frank Road, Columbus OH


Power lines were torn off a transformer near Frank Road, possibly by a truck driver. This caused a power outage and required utility company intervention.
Audio|Source: Franklin County Events
02:12
Transcript:
00:00
6 of 4. I'm on the line with City Electric again.
00:03
They're saying that if it's 4 or near Frank Road, that's actually going to be on the AEP, can you just confirm that?
00:11
The people here said it's City Electric, but, I mean, if they're saying it's not theirs and we want to notify AEP, that's fine.
00:20
Just somebody needs to come out and restore the power phone.
00:24
Right, I totally understand.
00:26
Near Frank Road shows south of Hall Road, or south of 104 on Hall.
00:32
So that's all like just making sure that we had the right location.
00:37
So they're saying all that south of 104 is going to be AEP.
00:42
Well, it's definitely south of 104, that's for sure.
00:46
Sounds like we got our answer.
00:52
Radio to 604 AEP has now been advised and I also want to let them know that these found open those that they want to give their cruise order from that direction.
01:03
Yeah, that's fine.
01:04
Radio it to 604, just before I go ahead and stop monitoring traffic one.
01:08
I just want to confirm with you.
01:10
I'm like going to clear all the freeway units from this turret and send them back to their regular zones.
01:20
Yeah, you can clear them from the turp, but leave them on the run itself, just restore them back to their patrol channels.
01:30
I just wanted to make sure.
01:33
Yep, and you can clear me all the way around.
01:37
Copy sir, I'll show you clear.
01:43
40 to 40 still back on traffic one.
01:50
Let me grab these things and move them out of the way because they ripped the wires right off as a transformer.
01:57
Yeah,
01:58
according to what the guy from that site there said, he said it was across the road, but somebody actually grabbed it and moved it.
02:07
They don't know who it was.
02:09
They assume maybe the driver of the truck, but they're not sure.
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Location mentioned:
Near Frank Rd, Columbus, OH 43207
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