WESTPORT, MASS. (WHDH) - Residents in Westport dealt with power outages Tuesday after a tractor-trailer caused a pole to snap and wires to fall.
Officers responding to several reports of a crash in the area of 1119 State Road learned that a tractor-trailer had struck a guy-wire, causing a pole to snap, Westport police said.
The upper portion of the pole and its electrical wires came to a rest on top of the tractor-trailer.
The operator and passenger of the tractor-trailer were instructed to remain in the cab until utility company personnel deemed the scene safe.
There were no reported injuries.
A section of State Road eastbound was closed for several hours as Eversource Energy and Verizon Telecommunications replaced the severed pole and restored power to the area.
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