ACCIDENT CLOSES
PART OF WRENTHAM, MASS. ROAD AFTER TRUCK HITS UTILITY POLE. POLE WAS SNAPPED IN HALF
WRENTHAM, MASSACHUSETTS - Route 140 in Wrentham was
closed for a while Saturday night after a pickup truck crashed into a utility
pole near King Philip Regional High School on Franklin Street sometime after 8
p.m.
The single-vehicle accident caused heavy damage to the
pole, forcing it to snap in half, according to the Wrentham Police Department's
Facebook page.
Traffic was redirected to Shears Street and the road
remained closed until about 10 p.m., when the pole was secured by National
Grid, police said.
The cause of the accident is being investigated by
Wrentham Police.