METHUEN, MASS. (WHDH) - A road was temporarily closed in Methuen on Monday after a car crashed into a utility pole, bringing live wires down across the road.
Officers responding to the scene on Merrimack Street around 6 p.m. closed the area to traffic after a sedan plowed into the pole, sending shards of wood flying and downing wires, according to Police Chief Joseph E. Solomon.
A preliminary investigation indicates that the car may have struck another vehicle before coming to rest against the pole.
The driver, a man in his late 20s or early 30s, was taken to Lawrence General Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Power was knocked out to two local businesses.
National Grid has been called to the scene.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
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