Car snaps utility pole on Lothrop Street in Taunton, leaving wires across the road, radio traffic says
Dispatch sent Taunton Fire units, including Medic 1, and notified the Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant, and a crew later radioed that the pole was cut in half with wires across the street.
TAUNTON Developing, 11:50 p.m. Nov. 14, 2026.
A car hit a utility pole on Lothrop Street in Taunton late Saturday night, and a crew at the scene radioed that the pole was cut in half with wires lying across the street, according to Taunton Fire radio traffic.
Taunton Fire dispatch sent fire units, including Medic 1, to the area of Lothrop Street at about 11:23 p.m. for a single-vehicle crash with a car against a pole, and the dispatcher said wires were down in the area and that the Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant had been notified. A fire unit reported reaching the scene at about 11:27 p.m.
At about 11:30 p.m., a crew at the scene radioed that the pole had been cut in half and that wires were across the street. A minute later, a unit radioed that the Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant was on its way and that traffic was being blocked.
What we know
- Dispatch sent Taunton Fire units, including Medic 1, to Lothrop Street at about 11:23 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, for a car against a pole, with wires down.
- The Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant was notified, according to the dispatcher.
- A crew radioed at about 11:30 p.m. that the pole was cut in half and wires were across the street, and a unit said a minute later that the lighting plant was on its way and traffic was being blocked.
What we do not know yet
Taunton officials have not yet said how the crash happened, whether anyone was hurt, how long Lothrop Street will stay blocked or whether any homes lost power. We will update this story as Taunton police, Taunton Fire and the Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant share more.
Label: Reported by us, from the town's posted records.
Notes
Every fact here comes from Taunton Fire radio traffic heard Saturday, Nov. 14, 2026, between about 11:23 and 11:31 p.m. on a public feed, re-listened from the clips and attributed to the radio traffic in the story; under SC360's standard, a department's own radio traffic confirms what was dispatched and observed. We name no one heard on the radio, give no medical detail and leave out the house number. The street name was checked on a map. We checked the date and weekday against a calendar. Still to come from Taunton officials: the cause, whether anyone was hurt, when the street reopens and whether power went out.
Corrections
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Sources (2)
- Taunton Fire | BroadcastifyTaunton Fire dispatch and units, Nov. 14, 2026, heard on the SC360 scanner mirror and re-listened from its clips: about 11:23 p.m. "Medic 1, you're responding to the area of [house number left out] Lothrop Street ... single vehicle, motor vehicle accident ... car versus pole ... wires down in the area ... TMLP was notified"; about 11:27 p.m. a unit "4 is on scene" (Engine 4 or Truck 4, not clear on the clip); about 11:30 p.m. "the pole is cut in half, wires across the street"; about 11:31 p.m. a unit "TMLP is en route ... working on the traffic blocking." Street name confirmed on a slowed re-listen of the dispatch clip. Read Nov. 14, 2026, 11:25 to 11:40 p.m.; Copy desk re-listen of all four clips, 11:43 to 11:47 p.m.
- Lothrop Street, Taunton | OpenStreetMapMap check that Lothrop Street is a Taunton street; no Taunton street named Low Grove or Lockfield was found. Read Nov. 14, 2026, 11:32 p.m.