Traffic accident with injuries and downed power pole in Monroe, Wyoming County PA


A traffic accident occurred near Evans Falls School in Monroe Township, involving multiple injuries. A utility pole was downed with live electrical wires, causing the road to be closed. Emergency services responded to transport several injured patients to medical facilities.
Audio|Source: Luzerne County Fire - Fire OPS and County Fire
05:6
Transcript:
00:00
Four miles to half miles past Evans Falls School. All right. Long time, I spoke to Virginia, reception on site, reporting no issue, request counsel.
00:10
Not a county. We can get the rescue in there. Shut the highway right down.
00:16
Everybody in the right-hand lane.
00:19
So the rescue can go down in the southbound lane.
00:24
Rescue can pull right up next slide.
00:26
Car.
00:29
We put them attached.
00:34
No, I'm asking.
00:35
Just hold us in my function.
00:42
All right, one of the units are not on scene that are responding for EMS transport.
00:46
As far as EMS, you have everybody there that we dispatch.
00:52
All right, I need one more.
00:54
I have one patient with wrist and lower abdominal pain. So my eye trucks available discussion here, please.
01:01
All the patients you got there.
01:06
We have one patient.
01:11
26A, 160 commit.
01:14
Go ahead. 11 Delta and Charlie around scene. 11 Delta and Charlie around.
01:23
I copy that. I got one down here yet that still doesn't have an ambulance, so I'm having the I-truck on dispatch.
01:32
Okay, make sure all the traffic is shut down. We're coming down the southbound lane.
01:41
All right, 26, McMan.
01:45
Twenty-second. All right.
01:47
Your ride truck is currently transported one to hazel pin.
01:50
I'm going to try and get you another truck from somewhere, you know, currently right now we're all tied up.
01:59
Disher guards out, our caller and put them in the captain, sir. We'll take two.
02:07
Planning, you may.
02:09
Yeah, ma.
02:15
Come to the side, BC corner,
02:20
have a situation you have to look at.
02:26
The second comes right back to the playground.
02:34
All you're going to be a malfunctioning smoke detector.
02:48
122 Rescue, you want us up there?
02:54
Surin County, 122, Chief.
03:01
One-point-22, Chief.
03:04
We're going to give you a UGI poll number when you're ready.
03:10
We need to contact UGI and we have wires down and a pull down.
03:18
Talk number 47428, line number 47735.
03:28
We'll try and call this soon as possible, but we're kind of tied up with a lot right now. Okay, well, 29 will be shut down until UGI gets here.
03:41
Okay. County 165, command.
03:46
This is the poll number for the poll that's actually down with the live wires. It's going to be 49241 over November 31430.
03:54
Ask TPL if they can do a hot ticket and try to expedite by getting there.
03:58
Yeah,
04:02
410-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2.
04:09
Do you do anything else?
04:16
16 Chief.
04:17
All right, PPL is notified about the hot ticket. They're going to try and get somebody down there as soon as possible.
04:29
PPL is notified for the hot ticket.
04:32
They're going to try and get somebody down there as quick as possible.
04:37
Appreciate it, County, 11 Delta.
04:42
Transpouring to the Hazleton.
04:48
So... ...transpricing to... ...notify Hazleton. It's going to notify Hazleton. It's going to be four, four patients.
04:58
26 Alpha is going to have two.
05:00
We're going to have 11 Delta 11 Charlie also transported.
05:04
Dan, four. Wolbach.
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Location mentioned:
Evans Falls, Monroe Township, PA 18657
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