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Early Morning Brickyard Road Accident Knocks Out Power
April 18, 2010
An early morning accident on Brickyard Road left a small number of Molino area residents in the dark after a driver knocked down a power pole.
The Florida Highway Patrol says Sheldon Flowers was northbound on Brickyard Road in a 2004 Dodge Ram when lost control and hit a power pole, sending it to the ground. The 12:05 a.m. accident Sunday knocked out electricity to an unknown number of Gulf Power customers in the area. The accident caused and estimated $11,000 in damage to the truck, pole and power lines.
Flower was charged with careless driving, and alcohol was not believed to be a factor in the crash, according to the FHP. He was not injured in the accident.
Pictured above and below: This accident on Brickyard Road took down a power pole and knocked out power to small number of Gulf Power customers. Pictured inset: Gulf Power works to restore electricity. NorthEscambia.com photos by Kristi Smith, click to enlarge.
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5 Responses to “Early Morning Brickyard Road Accident Knocks Out Power”
My husband had a wreck on this very road a few yrs back. his father was also killed on this road in a wreck. all were one vehicle wrecks. this road i VERY dark and could realy use some street lights! especally because there are so many turns that at night you may not see them in time!!! another major problem is it is a very rough dirt rd… the road gets ”ripples” in it after a few months of wear to it… yes the county pays for it to be grated but y not pave it??? they have been saying for yrs that they are but i havnt seen any effort!!!! it would be very easy to avoid most of these wrecks that happen on this rd…
1: street lights!!!
2: pave it!!!
3. STOP SPEEDING ON SUCH DANGEROUS RDS!!!!
WHEN WILL PEOPLE LEARN?
Lucky for this person that they were not injured, hopefully Gulf Power has everyones electricity back up and running now. Whatever the case may be, I’m just glad to know that this person was not injured; on the other hand the truck wasn’t so lucky… Thanks for the photos Kristi.
will we here more on this?
Don’t be quick to judge..he could have been tired, coming home from a late shift and fell asleep at the wheel.. Then again, if he was imagining himself as a NASCAR driver at 12:05 a.m., then he got his just desserts!