NORTHAMPTON - Route 9 traffic had to be rerouted for more than two hours Tuesday night after a pickup truck severed a utility pole on the corner of Bridge Street and Elizabeth Street.
According to Sgt. Jody Kasper, at about 7:30 p.m., police and firefighters responded to the scene of the accident to find the damaged utility pole standing upright, but completely disconnected from its base.
The driver, whom police did not identify, allegedly lost control of his tan Ford pickup and crashed into the pole. An officer at the scene said the man was uninjured and walked away from the accident.
As a Western Mass Electric Co. crew worked to repair the damaged pole, police blocked off Bridge Street and rerouted traffic down Lincoln Avenue and Orchard Street.
The road was still closed at 10 p.m. last night, Kasper said. The cause of the accident was under investigation.
- OWEN BOSS
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