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The scene after this tractor trailer truck took down two poles on Monday, July 24, 2023, in Vernon. The driver was uninjured but couldn’t leave the cab until the power was cut. The accident happened on Valerie Drive in a quiet residential neighborhood around 12:30 p.m. The truck became tangled in low-hanging power lines that wrapped around the top of the trailer. The truck took out two utility poles before coming to a stop. Fire officials asked the power company to shut down the power in the area so the driver could get out safely.
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Town of Vernon Assistant Fire Chief Rob Babcock talks to the driver of the tractor trailer after taking down two poles on Monday, July 24, 2023, in Vernon. The driver was uninjured but couldn’t leave the cab until the power was cut. The accident happened on Valerie Drive in a quiet residential neighborhood around 12:30 p.m. The truck became tangled in low-hanging power lines that wrapped around the top of the trailer. The truck took out two utility poles before coming to a stop. Fire officials asked the power company to shut down the power in the area so the driver could get out safely.
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The scene after this tractor trailer truck took down two poles on Monday, July 24, 2023, in Vernon. The driver was uninjured but couldn’t leave the cab until the power was cut. The accident happened on Valerie Drive in a quiet residential neighborhood around 12:30 p.m. The truck became tangled in low-hanging power lines that wrapped around the top of the trailer. The truck took out two utility poles before coming to a stop. Fire officials asked the power company to shut down the power in the area so the driver could get out safely.
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The scene after this tractor trailer truck took down two poles on Monday, July 24, 2023, in Vernon. The driver was uninjured but couldn’t leave the cab until the power was cut. The accident happened on Valerie Drive in a quiet residential neighborhood around 12:30 p.m. The truck became tangled in low-hanging power lines that wrapped around the top of the trailer. The truck took out two utility poles before coming to a stop. Fire officials asked the power company to shut down the power in the area so the driver could get out safely.
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The scene after this tractor trailer truck took down two poles on Monday, July 24, 2023, in Vernon. The driver was uninjured but couldn’t leave the cab until the power was cut. The accident happened on Valerie Drive in a quiet residential neighborhood around 12:30 p.m. The truck became tangled in low-hanging power lines that wrapped around the top of the trailer. The truck took out two utility poles before coming to a stop. Fire officials asked the power company to shut down the power in the area so the driver could get out safely.
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The scene after this tractor trailer truck took down two poles on Monday, July 24, 2023, in Vernon. The driver was uninjured but couldn’t leave the cab until the power was cut. The accident happened on Valerie Drive in a quiet residential neighborhood around 12:30 p.m. The truck became tangled in low-hanging power lines that wrapped around the top of the trailer. The truck took out two utility poles before coming to a stop. Fire officials asked the power company to shut down the power in the area so the driver could get out safely.
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The scene after this tractor trailer truck took down two poles on Monday, July 24, 2023, in Vernon. The driver was uninjured but couldn’t leave the cab until the power was cut. The accident happened on Valerie Drive in a quiet residential neighborhood around 12:30 p.m. The truck became tangled in low-hanging power lines that wrapped around the top of the trailer. The truck took out two utility poles before coming to a stop. Fire officials asked the power company to shut down the power in the area so the driver could get out safely.
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The scene after this tractor trailer truck took down two poles on Monday, July 24, 2023, in Vernon. The driver was uninjured but couldn’t leave the cab until the power was cut. The accident happened on Valerie Drive in a quiet residential neighborhood around 12:30 p.m. The truck became tangled in low-hanging power lines that wrapped around the top of the trailer. The truck took out two utility poles before coming to a stop. Fire officials asked the power company to shut down the power in the area so the driver could get out safely.
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The scene after this tractor trailer truck took down two poles on Monday, July 24, 2023, in Vernon. The driver was uninjured but couldn’t leave the cab until the power was cut. The accident happened on Valerie Drive in a quiet residential neighborhood around 12:30 p.m. The truck became tangled in low-hanging power lines that wrapped around the top of the trailer. The truck took out two utility poles before coming to a stop. Fire officials asked the power company to shut down the power in the area so the driver could get out safely.
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VERNON — An accident involving utility poles temporarily trapped a truck driver in the cab of the vehicle Monday afternoon.
The crash occurred in a residential neighborhood on Valerie Drive around 12:30 p.m. Monday. While traveling along the road, the truck became tangled in low-hanging power lines that wrapped around the top of the trailer.
The truck took down two utility poles and at least one transformer that began leaking into a storm drain. Fire officials asked the power company to cut off power to the area so the driver could exit the truck safely.
The driver was stuck in the cab for approximately 30 minutes.
