Telecom line lands on top of dump truck in Glendale
Telecom line lands on top of dump truck in Glendale
It was a scary afternoon for two people in a dump truck, after a crash sent telecom lines landing on top of it. FOX 10's Justin Lum reports.
GLENDALE, Ariz. - Fire officials were working to get two people out of a dump truck in Glendale, after telecom lines fell on the truck Wednesday afternoon.
Glendale Fire officials say the incident happened near 48th Avenue and Bethany Home Road, and initially said the lines were power lines.
At the time, officials said a car hit a power pole, causing the lines to sag. The dump truck then drove into them.
"I heard this girding sound, and I come running out 'cause another neighbor of mine was ‘somebody hit the pole’," said a witness, identified only as "Susan". "I went down there and I asked the guys to roll the window down and just asked if the guys were OK, and they said they shut the truck off because it was electrified or something."
The two people inside were "trapped", according to fire officials at the time, but only for precautionary reasons so that SRP can cut power.
SRP officials later conform to FOX 10 that the lines were telecom lines, and not power lines.
Power should be back on to about 1,500 customers affected, according to SRP officials.