Wednesday, January 28, 2015

TRUCK HITS POWER LINES, CAUSING THE TARP AND TIRES TO CATCH FIRE IN BEDFORD PARK, ILLINOIS. THE CRASH CAUSED OUTAGES AND INJURED THE DRIVER.



TRUCK HITS POWER LINES, CAUSING THE TARP AND TIRES TO CATCH FIRE IN BEDFORD PARK, ILLINOIS.  THE CRASH CAUSED OUTAGES AND INJURED THE DRIVER.



January 28, 2015

Bedford Park, Illinois

A semitrailer driver was injured after his truck hit some power lines in suburban Bedford Park early Wednesday.

About 3:30 a.m., emergency crews were called to the the 6600 block of South Nashville Avenue in the southwest suburb, said Bedford Park Fire Department Capt. Kurt Raber.
A tarp covering the top of the truck's trailer was in a "raised position" and hit the power lines, causing the tarp to catch fire, Raber said. The truck tires also caught fire, but the truck did not.

The truck's driver, a man, was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn. The man's age and condition was not immediately available.

The crash damaged power lines and left more than 100 people without power, said ComEd spokesman John Schoen.

Power had been fully restored by about 5:15 a.m., Schoen said.