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  "id": "2026-04-30-west-virginia-university-beechurst-prt-electrical-arc",
  "slug": "west-virginia-university-beechurst-prt-electrical-arc-2026-04-30",
  "institution": {
    "name": "West Virginia University",
    "shortName": "WVU",
    "state": "WV",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "WVU Alert / @WVUsafety",
    "enrollment": 26000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-04-30",
    "type": "facility-emergency",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Beechurst PRT car electrical arc with student window evacuation",
    "headlinePublic": "Beechurst PRT car electrical arc with student window evacuation",
    "summary": "WVU Safety [reported an electrical arc on a PRT car near Beechurst Station with student evacuation through a window and temporary service disruption](https://x.com/WVUsafety/status/2049916848724963444).",
    "outcome": "PRT returned to operation with a bypass loop for remainder of day."
  },
  "alerts": [
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      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2026-04-30T14:20:37-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "ANNOUNCEMENT\nEmergency officials are responding after a report of an electrical arc issue involving a PRT car near the Beechurst PRT Station.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/WVUsafety/status/2049916848724963444",
      "sourceDescription": "@WVUsafety PRT electrical arc",
      "characterCount": 141,
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent X fetch match (keyword + thread_fetch) 2026-08-03; second blind sha256 match.",
        "SPN 523 at capture (web.archive.org/save returned 523)."
      ]
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2026-04-30T14:20:41-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "Several students evacuated the PRT car through a back window. PRT service from the Engineering PRT Station to the Beechurst PRT Station will be unavailable until further notice.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/WVUsafety/status/2049916869176422863",
      "sourceDescription": "@WVUsafety PRT window evacuation",
      "characterCount": 177,
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent X fetch match (keyword + thread_fetch) 2026-08-03; second blind sha256 match.",
        "SPN 523 at capture (web.archive.org/save returned 523)."
      ]
    },
    {
      "sequence": 3,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2026-04-30T16:56:04-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "UPDATE\nThe PRT is now back in operation. For the remainder of the day (4/30), passengers traveling from Engineering, Towers, or Health Sciences to Beechurst will initially bypass Beechurst, loop around Walnut, and return to Beechurst to avoid a rail issue.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/WVUsafety/status/2049955972383191494",
      "sourceDescription": "@WVUsafety PRT back in operation",
      "characterCount": 256,
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent X fetch match (keyword + thread_fetch) 2026-08-03; second blind sha256 match.",
        "SPN 523 at capture (web.archive.org/save returned 523)."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "context": "WVU posts campus alerts on [@WVUsafety](https://x.com/WVUsafety) (successor to @WVUalert).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Transit-system facility emergency with named stations and window-exit evacuation detail."
  ],
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    {
      "title": "@WVUsafety PRT electrical arc",
      "url": "https://x.com/WVUsafety/status/2049916848724963444",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-03",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523"
    },
    {
      "title": "@WVUsafety PRT window evacuation",
      "url": "https://x.com/WVUsafety/status/2049916869176422863",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-03",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523"
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      "title": "@WVUsafety PRT back in operation",
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      "accessDate": "2026-08-03",
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  "confidence": "high",
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    "facility-emergency",
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    "wvu-safety"
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  "dateAdded": "2026-08-03",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-03",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
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