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Two large trees block road, causing closure and outagesTempe AZ

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S Hardy Dr & W Grove Pkwy, Tempe, AZ 85283

Two large trees fell blocking lanes at S Hardy Dr and W Grove Pkwy in Tempe, causing road closures and traffic control. The fallen trees are near the eastern driveway of Fire Station 4. Several traffic lights are not working, causing further traffic issues and power outages in the area. Crews are working to reopen lanes and manage traffic.

Audio|Source: Tempe Police Department - South Patrol District
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Transcript:
00:00
1040-203 it's going to be clear just some minor debris in the road but we can open traffic back up ten four base we're going to reopen up west by now here
00:18
go far six o one go ahead
00:28
We got the number one lane open up as far as I can get the tree out of the roadway. Showing around, sorry, we're on going to looping to move whatever tree they have that.
00:36
There.
00:38
No. No.
00:43
5-9-9-ad. I'm 610, east and quarter drive.
00:50
20. Go ahead.
00:53
20 Martin's Code 4[1].
00:55
Crisis is 23. You can number nine to the crisis.
01:00
Several?
01:02
Two hundred twenty-three.
01:06
Go ahead.
01:10
When you able to, can you just let the fire department know that they're going to have two large trees in their eastern driveway of Fire Station 4?
01:23
Demar.
01:28
70.
01:31
If any EPA on these lights might be backup, it's starting to get really busy out here.
01:41
Okay.
01:45
Okay.
01:46
All right. I'll check with a.
01:53
North Florida.
01:55
Uh,
01:57
tree for street, forest, and Loma Vista, please.
02:02
Can we be able to go around?
02:06
Stefan.
02:11
21, 3 Paul 20.
02:17
We're over 21.
02:19
3-420.
02:23
900, check near Belmont Drive, your intensive contact.
02:27
(name withheld), 19-year-old 101, 1-0-101, lives with her parents, and made 911 out of statements, approximately 45 minutes ago.
02:38
Please not be that.
02:40
December.
02:45
So, for 213, Paul, 20, she did not give an actual plan, just said goodbye and said she had all her stuff in order.
02:53
Plains then be up front.
03:03
All right, 20.
03:05
Go ahead.
03:09
If I got the car to start, it's moved from the roadway.
03:12
You can cancel it, so.
03:15
Semark.
03:17
The lights are working.
03:23
Cattle and below the picture.
03:25
Yeah,
03:28
Mark.
03:31
454. Go ahead.
03:35
Call 838, I just cleared anywhere I can bump this up in priority for streets. The entire northbound lanes are blocked and they're going oncoming traffic. I can do traffic control for a little bit.
03:50
This is from Elliot and Hardy.
03:53
Yeah,
03:55
it's on Hardy just south of Grove Parkway.
03:58
Ted Brown.
04:02
We're in 19. A lot of the lights in this area are going to be completely down.
Police codes explained
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[1]
Code 4: No further assistance needed; situation under control.

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Location mentioned:
S Hardy Dr & W Grove Pkwy, Tempe, AZ 85283
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Incident Timeline

  1. Additional Blocked Intersections Reported
  2. Traffic Lights Out in Area
  3. Further Location Detail: Hardy and Grove Parkway
  4. Location Update: Elliot and Hardy
  5. Northbound Lanes Blocked; Traffic Control Initiated
  6. Partial Clearing of Roadway
  7. Tree Cleared from Roadway
  8. Liability Disclosures Issued
  9. Initial Report of Tree Down at Stanley and Guadalupe

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