Utility pole knocked down in crash
Created: Dec 22, 2018 07:00 AM (Updated: Dec 22, 2018 11:08 AM)
Game plan: workmen from One Communications, Digicel and Belco discuss plans to reerect a utility pole after a Bermuda Fowarders 18-wheel truck pulled down wires and the pole on Brunswick Street yesterday (Photograph by Blaire Simmons)
A tractor trailer truck pulled down a utility pole in Hamilton yesterday.
The incident happened in the area of Dundonald Street and Brunswick Street at about 10am.
Nobody was reported to be injured.
The driver of the truck, who asked not to be named, said he was happy no one got hurt.
He said: “I thought I had it clear but one wire, which I did not see, hooked.
“I’m glad no one was there. This is something I definitely did not want happening.”
The incident led to traffic delays as police, Belco and Corporation of Hamilton staff assessed the scene.
Belco declined to comment on whether the incident affected the electricity supply yesterday.
Safety first: workmen from Belco were joined by One Communications and Digicel staff during the erection of a utility pole that had been dragged down by a Bermuda Fowarders 18-wheel truck at the junction of Dundonald and Brunswick Street yesterday (Photograph by Blaire Simmons)
Photograph by Renae Stampp
