CAMBRIDGE, MASS. (WHDH) - Crews are on the scene after four telephone poles came down on Washington Street in Cambridge on Friday night.
Police responding to the downed poles just before 11 p.m. on Washington Street found the four telephone poles on the ground, just in front of Portland Street, according to police.
Buildings in the area are without power and residents in those buildings have been removed without incident, police said.
Washington Street is closed to traffic and power won’t be restored until Eversource is able to replace the poles, police said.
Power has also been turned off to power lines lying on the street, police said.
Cambridge Housing is setting up generators in the area, according to Eversource.
Eversource said it appears a car may have struck one of the poles.
Police said power should be restored by the end of the day.
Wild scene along Washington St in Cambridge. Multiple power poles and lines down along the street and on top of cars. No word on a cause yet. #7News pic.twitter.com/wKPJyWrUgL
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