An 18 wheeler caused a bit of a problem in Northeast Jackson today. The Capitol Police issued the following statement.
An 18-wheeler caught a power line wire when traveling through the intersection of Ridgewood Road and Meadowbrook Road. No injuries were reported.
Several active lines are down because of this accident and Entergy has cut the power in the area. The intersection will be closed until cleanup is complete, please use alternate routes.
It is not known who owned the truck at this time.
8 comments:
Really, avoid the area. Tons of lines are down.
Would appear there is more to this story; 18 wheelers are not unusual travelers through that intersection - so wonder if a line was sagging? If so, who's line - Entergy, telephone/cell; COJ traffic signal?
Someone is about to lose a CDL license
I saw the video of the damage. I don't know how on Earth they managed to do that.
Was it a dump truck going down the road in the raised position?
Or a rolloff container truck not fully lowered?
6:11, if you don't know WTF you're talking about, shut up......
A Loooong time ago in a land close by I got a job after school to bush hog a pasture. I was using a Super C Farmall & a Pasture Clipper. About dusk dark I clipped the support wire of a light pole at the edge of the highway. Unbeknownst to be this caused the light wire coming from the other side the highway to sag precariously low...so low in fact that when that west bound chicken truck came by the light wire raked the top two layers of them wooden chicken coops off! Us & all the neighbors ate chicken for 3 months ever night! Stuff Happens...
I remember a number of mornings a long time ago when David L. Archie stood on that very corner while campaigning for the Ward 1 City Council seat. During that campaign he argued that Ward 1 wasn't receiving their fair share of city attention because they weren't represented by a Democrat.
Those were the days.
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