Thursday August, 25 2022 @ 12:50 PM

Nature: Fire Police

Location: Oak Orchard Road and Vera Lane, Millsboro, DE  19966

On Thursday, August 25, 2022, the Delaware State Fire Police assigned to the Indian River Volunteer Fire Company were alerted for a traffic hazard on Oak Orchard and Vera Lane.

Emergency response units from Indian River included Chief 80-15 and Utility #80-11 from the Oak Orchard facility and fire police units 86-31 and 80-33 from the Long Neck area.

Emergency response crew assignments included traffic control, notification of the respective utility service provider – Delmarva Power and Verizon, and overall incident mitigation efforts.

It appears that a tractor trailer was attempting to turn off Oak Orchard Road on Vera Lane and become entangled in the overhead electric wiring between the cab and trailer of the truck.

The Delaware State Fire Police coordinated traffic control until the arrival of the utility service providers to free the overhead wirings.