Vehicle Shears Pole, Knocks Down Wires In Bethel Park

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BETHEL PARK (KDKA) -- A vehicle sheared a telephone pole in Bethel Park late Monday night.

Allegheny County officials reported it around 10:45 p.m.

They say a vehicle crashed into and sheared a pole on Churchill Road between Library Road and Castle Drive.

Live wires were down on the road.

Bethel Park: Vehicle crash into a telephone pole - Churchill Road between Library Road and Castle Drive. Pole is sheared, and live wires are down. Utility estimates over 1500 customers in the area are without power. Responders are at the scene.

— Allegheny County (@Allegheny_Co) August 7, 2018

Power was knocked out in the area for about 1,500 customers.

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