EMERGENCY CREWS CALLED OUT FOR BASEMENT PUMPING, LINES AND TREES DOWN

Emergency crews were busy with more calls for utility lines down and calls for trees down and basement pumping on Monday and early this morning.

Indiana County 911 reported that a vehicle crash into a utility pole on Route 286 called out the Aultman Fire Department and state police to the scene at 2:23 PM.  The crash was classified as a hit-and-run.  State police have not reported any details on the crash.

Two more calls for utility lines were reported at 6:37 PM on Route 259 in West Wheatfield Township and at 7:51 PM along Route 403 North in Pine Township.  Clyde and Pine Township fire departments were dispatched to those incidents respectively.

Homer City Fire Department was called out for a tree across the road on Fire Academy Road at 7:25 PM.  Marion Center Fire Department would be called twice for trees down.  The first was at Pearce Hollow Road in Rayne Township at 7:42 PM.  About two hours later, they would go back out for a trees down call on Wrigden Run Road.

For basement pumping, Blairsville Fire department was dispatched last night at 7:18 for a call at a location on North Walnut Street.  Commodore Fire Department was called out this morning at 4:31 for a basement pumping call on Route 240.