A caller to dispatchers says he and another person are sitting in a car on Gulf Road, Le Roy, in front of the Sportsman's Club, and a wire has fallen on the car.
The caller reports it as a power line.
Le Roy fire is responding.
While the caller said he didn't know how the wire came down, a first responder reports that it's a motor-vehicle accident and a utility pole is down.
Gulf Road is being shut down.
UPDATE 6:37 p.m.: The accident is believed to be without injuries. Two vehicles involved. The pole is on one vehicle. Both are heavily damaged and need flatbed tows. Power is off at a neighborhing building. Caledonia ambulance requested to the scene for what are believed to be sign-offs.
UPDATE 6:51 p.m.: All victims out of the vehicles.
UPDATE 7:52 p.m.: Le Roy highway requested to the scene to salt the road. The road is no longer blocked.
UPDATE 7:26 p.m.: Le Roy back in service. Road is open.
I guess the "caller" didn't
I guess the "caller" didn't think first responders would notice the pole was down, and their car was damaged from crashing into it?
Talk about needing one for the road!
Or maybe the "caller" just
Or maybe the "caller" just regained consciousness after an accident and wasn't quite sure what was happening.
This was in the middle of
This was in the middle of nowhere. The caller may not have known if anyone had even called 911 yet.