Latest Headlines
- State Funding $240 Million Beulah I-10 Interchange
- Failed Urban Development Centery YouthFirst Program Finally Repays Unsecured Loan From Century
- FDOT Updates Status Of Century Highway 29 Construction Work
- Walnut Hill Man, Three Others Charged After Alleged Overdose On Embalming Fluid, GHB
- Escambia Man, 77, Charged With Shooting Multiple Rounds At Santa Rosa County SWAT
- Escambia (AL) Volunteer Fire Departments Receive State Grant, Present Service Awards
- Tate Grad, UWF Standout Darrien McDowell Selected In 2024 MLB Draft
- Escambia County Corrections’ Wilson, Hankins Graduate From State Leadership Programs
- Escambia Commission Cancels This Week’s Meeting
- Suspect, 19, Indicted For Fatal Drive-By Shooting Of 70-Year-Old
Driver Downs Power Pole In Highway 97 Crash
May 28, 2018
For an update to this story, click here.
A driver escaped injured when she hit a power pole near Walnut Hill early Monday morning.
The woman was northbound on Highway 97 just north of Tungoil Road when she left the roadway about 1:10 a.m., hit the pole and continued through a ditch. She refused transport to the hospital.
The pole was broken off near ground level, downing power lines. Escambia River Electric reported 52 customers lost power following the crash.
The crash is under investigaton by the Florida Highway Patrol. The Walnut Hill Station of Escambia Fire Rescue and Escambia County EMS also responded.
NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
Comments