Subaru Driver Leaves 800 Without Power After Hitting Electrical Tower
An unfortunately timed car accident in Bedford, New Hampshire left roughly 800 people in the cold and dark ahead of Sunday's Super Bowl, after an electric transmission tower came crashing to the Earth.
According to a press release issued by the Bedford Police Department, the incident took place on Saturday evening, when police responded to a single-car crash on Back River Road: a vehicle had exited the roadway and crashed into the equipment tower, with the car suffering what police described as "heavy front end damage."
A post from a local news Facebook page, Hillsborough Alert, shows the tower at night after the impact, with what appears to be a Subaru with severe front-end damage next to the structure and tire tracks in the snow leading off the road and up to the base of the transmission tower.
The driver, who police said was from Merrimack, New Hampshire, was given a citation for speeding, as well as for driving too fast for the conditions at hand. Luckily nobody was injured in the incident, but some 800 customers were immediately plunged into darkness. That's not exactly what you want to happen just ahead of any major sporting event, much less the Super Bowl.
Locals told local ABC affiliate WMUR 9 News that the accident produced quite the ruckus, with one neighbor likening the impact to loud fireworks.
The tower itself was owned by National Grid, but it managed to fall over into other lines owned by local provider Eversource, meaning customers from both companies were impacted. Thankfully, all of the Eversource customers had their power restored by Super Bowl evening, but some continued repair work from National Grid is expected to take place through Monday, as police said roughly 75 people were still without power on Sunday.
WMUR9 says that building a new tower will be necessary, and that it could cost as much as $100,000. Remember that next time you decide to push a little too hard in the slick stuff.
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