Single vehicle crashes in ditch causing power outage, Shelton CT


A single vehicle crashed into a ditch near Lombard Drive and New Haven Road, snapping a utility pole and causing a power outage. The occupant, an elderly woman having difficulty breathing, remains trapped inside the vehicle awaiting emergency responders.
Audio|Source: Lower Naugatuck Valley Fire and EMS
03:27
Transcript:
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Fire response to the Motor Vehicle Accident, near Lombard Drive, New Haven Road.
00:08
Heard was a motor vehicle accident, now the power is out.
00:12
So leading cross-back fire response to the area near Lombard Drive, New Haven Road, for the motor vehicle accident.
00:19
Caller only heard it.
00:20
Now the power is out.
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The assignment will be Rescue 6,
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Quad 3 in EMS.
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357. 40 didn't need anything?
00:45
Three responding.
01:02
Go to 40, you good?
01:11
40, yeah, let me just come in, please.
01:21
That's my time, my time.
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Response to the motor vehicle accident in the area near Lombard Drive New Haven Road.
01:34
Caller heard the accident now the power is out.
01:37
Additional calls reporting single vehicle in a ditch pole is snapped in half.
01:44
Proceeding.
01:46
Crospect Fire respond for the motor vehicle accident in the area near Lombard Drive, New Haven Road.
01:52
The initial call reported the hurt, the accident, power is out.
01:55
Additional callers reporting.
01:57
Single vehicle in the ditch pole is...
01:59
Snapped and tapped, zero,
02:01
zero, zero.
02:06
True is unseen.
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I'll be out in bed skating.
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Out and investigating zero, zero, zero.
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Car forward to SF2.
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Go ahead.
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Lombards or New Haven Road.
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New Haven Road at the field, the ditch on the side of the field.
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Receive. Receive them.
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FM.M.
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True to prospect.
03:04
It's still in the vehicle.
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If you have a pole down,
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I can't tell which wires down at this moment.
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I'm going to wait for an engine and the crew to respond here.
03:13
The occupant is staying in the vehicle.
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Your occupant is in the vehicle and also staying in the vehicle.
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Pole is down, unknown what wires.
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You're waiting for an engine and crew to respond zero zero.
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Shelton, CT 06484
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