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Hundreds Spend Wednesday Night In The Dark After Accident
April 26, 2012
About 200 Escambia River Electric Cooperative customers near Walnut Hill were without power over three hours Wednesday night after an 18-wheeler pulled down a power pole and lines.
The accident happened about 6:30 p.m. on South Highway 99 at Tungoil Road when an auger on a piece of farm equipment being hauled by a truck was left extended too high and pulled down a service line and broke a pole. The downed lines then sparked a small brush fire.
According to EREC, crews worked from about 6:30 until 10 p.m. to rebuild the lines and restore power.
There were no injuries. The accident is under investigation by the Florida Highway Patrol. The Walnut Hill Station of Escambia Fire Rescue also responded.
Pictured: A collision with farm equipment being hauled by an 18-wheeler downed power lines in Walnut Hill Wednesday evening, leaving about 200 customers without power. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
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6 Responses to “Hundreds Spend Wednesday Night In The Dark After Accident”
@ joe:
Power was out approximately 3 1/2 hours (6:30pm-10:00pm), according to the article. If you lost everything in your frig/freezer in that short time, you NEED to invest in a NEW frig/freezer!!!!!
I’ve had power outages that lasted many more hours than that & didn’t loose the contents of frig/freezer. May loose a few things in frig if outage is a really long time, but not the freezer.
Keep the door closed….Keep the kids out.
I guess it was just a coincedence we lost power @ approx 6:30 P.M. and did not get it back for a couple of hours and we are on EREC power…
>>>If the damage was near Walnut Hill, why did Pace lose power?
This had nothing to do with Pace.
If the damage was near Walnut Hill, why did Pace lose power?
this one is not worth the insurance claim to get lost food replaced. the deductible will be more than the loss, but still a pain in the butt to lose a fridge full of food…..
I knew it had to be an accident for the power to go out without a storm. Glad it wasn’t one with injuries.