At approximately 2:30 p.m. on Feb. 25, a semi-truck turned into the alley behind Barton’s Hardware and Elbert’s Department Store and hit a telephone pole. The pole wedged between the semi’s cab and the drive wheels.
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The driver was new and didn’t have experience with entering that specific alley for deliveries.
City crews responded immediately to replace the pole. The line on that pole is primarily an electrical carrier and a three phase. That alley also has fiber, phone lines, cable lines, electric, sewer, gas, and water lines running down it, which is why the city crews had to be cautious while trying to place the pole in the same spot it was in before the incident.
Crews successfully completed the replacement around 8 p.m.