Truck hits low-hanging cable line on LA-490, Natchitoches Parish LA


A truck ran into a low-hanging cable line near Janie Gorham Road and LA-490. The cable line was marked for visibility and was causing a roadway obstruction.
Audio|Source: Natchitoches Parish, Sabine Parish, and Vernon Parish Public Safety
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Transcript:
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Just received another phone call about the power lines. Caller advised that her brother called her and stated he ran into it with his truck, but he believes it's a telephone line, not electric. He kept on going. It's about a half a mile from the end of Janie Gorham Road on 490 side.
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10-4[1]. I just made the split. I didn't see it must be on the ground.
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10-4[1].
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Now the other truck pulling the ride, I don't know if he hasn't made it here yet,
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or if he went to the other place, or if he made it here on the hoax and left already.
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Just kind of like that it is.
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Okay, there's a period.
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It's a cable line. It's the bottom one.
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The top tour and tag with just insert the pole number that's what's called for a pole.
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583-239.
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5A3-239. 5A3-239.
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connection rifted cable lines once marked it with tape so it's visible but it is locking a roll way
Police codes explained
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10-4: Acknowledgment/Affirmative (message received)
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