Dump truck tumble knocks out power, snarls traffic

  • A Lance Trucking company dump truck lies on its side just off Windy Ridge Circle after the dump bed struck a power line Friday morning. Power was knocked out to over 800 customers. The power pole snapped when the truck pulled down a line can be seen in the background.
    A Lance Trucking company dump truck lies on its side just off Windy Ridge Circle after the dump bed struck a power line Friday morning. Power was knocked out to over 800 customers. The power pole snapped when the truck pulled down a line can be seen in the background.
  • Righting the dump truck was no easy task and took Fannin Wrecker crews about an hour.
    Righting the dump truck was no easy task and took Fannin Wrecker crews about an hour.
  • After landing on its wheels, the dump truck made quite a bounce before it came to rest.
    After landing on its wheels, the dump truck made quite a bounce before it came to rest.
Power went out for 807 Tri-State EMC customers, some affected for over four hours, and traffic near Pizza Hut in Blue Ridge was tied up just as long Friday morning, August 7, after a dump truck…

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