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Truck Snags Wires, Bringing Down Utility Poles And Closing North Century Boulevard
March 22, 2022
A semi truck snagged wires and snapped two utility poles in Century Tuesday afternoon.
It happened about 4:55 p.m. on North Century Boulevard (Highway 29) just south of the Florida-Alabama state line when the truck attempted to turn into the Food Giant parking lot.
The downed lines closed all lanes of the roadway for about 35 minutes. By 5:30 p.m., two lanes were reopened — one northbound and one southbound. At 6 p.m., the roadway was completely reopened to traffic.
At 7:33 FPL was reporting 130 customers without power as they work to make repairs. That includes the grocery store and other businesses in the area.
The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating.
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5 Responses to “Truck Snags Wires, Bringing Down Utility Poles And Closing North Century Boulevard”
It was a pain to have no power before the storm threat. There are lines sagging a few feet from the ground across from the funeral home on Stateline. I think one is correct, noone takes responsibility. It’s been reported to TOC and Gulf Power but nothing gets done. Reaction no Proaction. I gave up. I wonder if there are old copper lines hanging there from half a century ago.
Now, the lines will get replace & hung correctly. It is not the drivers fault.
@ Class A driver – you are exactly right. Low, sagging lines. Cable and Telephone companies don’t care, because it’s their lines on the bottom.
As a commercial driver I would bet the lines were below the legal limit of 15feet. Low lines is an issue in Escambia county and needs to be addressed by code enforcement.
Oh wow! Glad there was no one injured in this…