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Truck shears off utility pole on South Main Street Road

By Howard B. Owens

A tractor-trailer has reportedly snagged a power line or otherwise hit a utility pole causing it to shear off in the area of 4050 South Main Road, Batavia.

The wires are still up and the pole remains upright.

Town of Batavia Fire is responding. National Grid has been notified.

UPDATE 5:56 p.m.: The scene was cleared some time ago. As for the picture above, it's a bit hard to see, but in the center foreground is a bit of a wire sticking up. It's attached to the base of the utility pole, barely visible. The rest of the utility pole is clear to the left of the picture. It's a very old, very short utility pole. The driver, making his first delivery to Batavia, thought he was on West Main Street Road, not South Main Road. He was making a turn into what he thought was a local business to deliver a supply of camper shells. There's a barn on the property. The cable and phone wires were lower than he thought. No citations were issued.


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Shannon Laurer

Interesting, as when I got home from work my power line that runs to the house across 98 was severed! So glad I got out when I did as my sump was already over flowing from no power! Mad Props to the National Grid guys as they had me up and running in about an hour and a half after my phone call to them! I do feel bad for the other home that they also destroyed the lines too as they needed much more work done then I did!

Oct 14, 2010, 5:15pm Permalink

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