A dump truck hit a power pole in Vancouver on Thursday morning, causing a power outage for 133 people.
The crash happened about 7:45 a.m. at Northeast 82nd Avenue and Northeast Seventh Street, according to emergency dispatch logs.
Vancouver Police Department spokeswoman Kim Kapp said in an email that a dump truck hit the power pole, partially toppling it. There were no injuries, Kapp said.
The police department did not say what caused the truck to crash into the pole.
A still-attached phone line came into contact with the top of the dump truck. When lines contact vehicles, crews generally cut power to remove the hazard, Clark Public Utilities spokeswoman Erica Erland said.
Power lines stayed attached to the pole, Erland said. Crews planted a new pole next to the old one and transferred the lines to the replacement, she said.
“We do want people to always assume that if a line is down it’s dangerous and to stay in the vehicle until a crew arrives,” Erland said.
Clark Public Utilities’ reported that 133 customers were without power until 12:19 p.m.
Neighborhood resident Wade Holbrook said he heard a “high-pitched wrenching noise,” and then power to his home immediately went out.
Looking out the window, he said he spotted the dump truck with the line touching its raised bed and a power pole leaning over but not touching the property’s fence.
Police, firefighters and public utility crews swarmed the neighborhood following the accident.
Holbrook said the truck appeared to have just finished dumping a load of gravel. Construction crews have been in the area working on sewer lines, and there is not a lot of room for vehicles to maneuver on the neighborhood’s streets, he said.
