\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAn incident involving a light pole in Pittsburgh is under investigation after a woman and her dog were shocked while on a run. In a post to social media, Montana Mitchell raised awareness about a scary encounter she and her dog had with a \u201clive electrical current.\u201d The message was accompanied by several photos, including one of Mitchell in a hospital bed. Mitchell said on Tuesday she was running with her dog Denim when he suddenly yelled and lost control of his body, \u201clike he was being tased.\u201dThe incident happened at Smallman Street and 11th Street near a light pole. \u201cIt does seem for some reason the pole itself was live and active,\u201d said Dan Gilman, chief of staff for Pittsburgh Mayor Corey O\u2019Connor.In the post, Mitchell said she was shocked while trying to take off Denim\u2019s collar and get him to safety. Thankfully, they are both OK. \u201cTo hear that a lamp can do that to someone walking by, I guess it kind of scares me a little bit because now looking down the street here, I can see a number of lamps,\u201d said downtown resident Ricky Parsons. Gilman told Pittsburgh\u2019s Action News 4 that crews deactivated the light pole on Tuesday. In addition to investigating the pole, Gilman said there will be a city-wide analysis of every street pole, light, and masthead in Pittsburgh. \u201cThe bottom line is it cannot happen and we need to be proactive and looking at other sites across the city to make sure this doesn\u2019t happen again,\u201d Gilman said. This isn\u2019t the first situation of its kind in recent years. \u201cIt\u2019s sad to see that another person has had to experience this same type of thing that I did,\u201d said Robert Robinson-Dassel. \u201cI really, really hope she and her dog recover physically and that she recovers emotionally from it because it\u2019s not something that makes you forget quickly.\u201dRobinson-Dassel said hearing about the incident brought up memories of a traumatic loss he endured almost two years ago to the day. On Jan. 7, 2024, he said his dog Nikki was electrocuted as they walked across the Murray Avenue Bridge in Squirrel Hill. \u201cThe first two or three weeks, I think every 10 minutes I sat down and cried,\u201d the Greenfield resident said. A report from a third-party consultant found a low voltage inside the electrical closure Nikki walked on. It was due to an issue with the conductor. The city at the time said repairs were made and they would implement an inspection schedule to check the streetlight system every two years. \u201cI wish that the city would\u2019ve done what they said they were going to do and start the inspection process,\u201d Robinson-Dassel said. He explained that he hasn\u2019t walked on that side of the bridge since losing Nikki. Robinson-Dassel and his wife welcomed their dog Tucker home a few weeks into their healing journey. Forever missing Nikki, the couple believes she had a part in bringing Tucker into their lives. \u201cYou know, there were just some similarities and some things that it just felt like he was just totally the right dog to come home,\u201d said Kathi Robinson-Dassel.Pittsburgh\u2019s Action News 4 talked to Mitchell over the phone. She was not ready to go on camera just yet.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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An incident involving a light pole in Pittsburgh is under investigation after a woman and her dog were shocked while on a run. <\/p>\n
In a post to social media, Montana Mitchell raised awareness about a scary encounter she and her dog had with a \u201clive electrical current.\u201d <\/p>\n
The message was accompanied by several photos, including one of Mitchell in a hospital bed. <\/p>\n
Mitchell said on Tuesday she was running with her dog Denim when he suddenly yelled and lost control of his body, \u201clike he was being tased.\u201d<\/p>\n
The incident happened at Smallman Street and 11th Street near a light pole. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt does seem for some reason the pole itself was live and active,\u201d said Dan Gilman, chief of staff for Pittsburgh Mayor Corey O\u2019Connor.<\/p>\n
In the post, Mitchell said she was shocked while trying to take off Denim\u2019s collar and get him to safety. Thankfully, they are both OK. <\/p>\n
\u201cTo hear that a lamp can do that to someone walking by, I guess it kind of scares me a little bit because now looking down the street here, I can see a number of lamps,\u201d said downtown resident Ricky Parsons. <\/p>\n
Gilman told Pittsburgh\u2019s Action News 4 that crews deactivated the light pole on Tuesday. In addition to investigating the pole, Gilman said there will be a city-wide analysis of every street pole, light, and masthead in Pittsburgh. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe bottom line is it cannot happen and we need to be proactive and looking at other sites across the city to make sure this doesn\u2019t happen again,\u201d Gilman said. <\/p>\n
This isn\u2019t the first situation of its kind in recent years. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s sad to see that another person has had to experience this same type of thing that I did,\u201d said Robert Robinson-Dassel. \u201cI really, really hope she and her dog recover physically and that she recovers emotionally from it because it\u2019s not something that makes you forget quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n
Robinson-Dassel said hearing about the incident brought up memories of a traumatic loss he endured almost two years ago to the day. <\/p>\n
On Jan. 7, 2024, he said his dog Nikki was electrocuted as they walked across the Murray Avenue Bridge in Squirrel Hill. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe first two or three weeks, I think every 10 minutes I sat down and cried,\u201d the Greenfield resident said. <\/p>\n
A report from a third-party consultant found a low voltage inside the electrical closure Nikki walked on. It was due to an issue with the conductor. <\/p>\n
The city at the time said repairs were made and they would implement an inspection schedule to check the streetlight system every two years. <\/p>\n
\u201cI wish that the city would\u2019ve done what they said they were going to do and start the inspection process,\u201d Robinson-Dassel said. <\/p>\n
He explained that he hasn\u2019t walked on that side of the bridge since losing Nikki. Robinson-Dassel and his wife welcomed their dog Tucker home a few weeks into their healing journey. <\/p>\n
Forever missing Nikki, the couple believes she had a part in bringing Tucker into their lives. <\/p>\n
\u201cYou know, there were just some similarities and some things that it just felt like he was just totally the right dog to come home,\u201d said Kathi Robinson-Dassel.<\/p>\n
Pittsburgh\u2019s Action News 4 talked to Mitchell over the phone. She was not ready to go on camera just yet. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An incident involving a light pole in Pittsburgh is under investigation after a woman and her dog were…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":83055,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[900,79,17583,2662,41771,2582,41769,41687,41770,73,75,41766,74,41768,41767,11405,2184],"class_list":["post-83054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-action-news","tag-city","tag-dan-gilman","tag-dog","tag-dog-denim","tag-incident","tag-live-electricity","tag-montana-mitchell","tag-nikki","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-light-pole","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-recent-year","tag-robinson-dassel","tag-run","tag-woman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}