December 18, 2020 | Vol. 1 Iss. 02
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TRUCK TAKES OUT POWER POLE, INJURES FOUR By Becky Ginos | becky.g@davisjournal.com
BOUNTIFUL—Several people were injured last week when a truck came careening down 400 North and slammed into multiple cars and took out a power pole, leaving parts of the city without power. The accident happened Dec. 10 just before 9 a.m. at the intersection of 400 North and 400 East. The truck was traveling at a high rate of speed when it hit two cars and then plowed into several parked cars. “That pole was one of our main transmission lines,” said Bountiful Power & Light Director Allen Johnson. “It covers roughly from 400 North to 1800 South on the east side. We had to reroute that. It probably took about 30 minutes to isolate and get the power back on.” Johnson said the truck also took out the traffic controller (signal). “It exploded and the pedestal it’s on so we’ll have to put in a new one. We’ll have a temporary one up and running sometime tonight.” The accident injured four people including the driver of the truck. “Three people were treated and released and the fourth was in serious but stable condition as of Friday,” said Bountiful Police Lt. Dave Edwards. “It caused extensive damage across a wide area. The collision with parked cars and the curb eventually stopped the dump truck.” Edwards said the cause of the accident is still under investigation. “The driver indicated the brakes went out as he was coming down the hill. We believe it was mechanical failure but we haven’t received the report yet.”l
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Crews work to clean up after a dump truck lost control coming down 400 North in Bountiful causing extensive damage in the area. Photo by Roger V. Tuttle
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