WATERTOWN, MASS. (WHDH) - A tractor-trailer clipped a power line Wednesday morning in Watertown and ripped down multiple utility poles, police said.
Officers responding before 11 a.m. to a report of a crash on Main Street found two poles down and live wires on the ground. The street was closed between Waverley Avenue and Lexington Street for several hours.
The crash knocked out power to 36 homes and businesses in the area, including D’Amico Dental care.
Dr. Domenic D’Amico was removing a patient’s tooth when all of a sudden, the power went out. “I was actually doing an extraction this morning around 10:30 and we heard a loud bang,” D’Amico said.
The outage shut down his equipment and lights, leaving him unable to treat patients including the one who was having his tooth removed.
“We had just given him Novocaine and we had just started working on the tooth, so we weren’t too far into,” he said. “If it was going to happen, it was a good spot to happen.”
The dentist made arrangements for the patient to see a local surgeon immediately. He was doing well as of Wednesday night.
The truck driver has not been cited. No injuries were reported.
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