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Utility pole cracks, crashes in Roxbury; current courses through car, street signs
By adamg on Fri, 06/26/2020 - 9:34am
![Fallen pole in Roxbury](https://www.universalhub.com/files/styles/main_image/public/images/2020/electrifyin.jpg?itok=V8bPDSdT)
The pole and the car. Photo by BFD.
The Boston Fire Department reports that shortly after 6:30 p.m., a utility pole at Gerard and Kemble streets could stand gravity no longer and cracked, the high-voltage transformer at the top plunging to the ground, turning a nearby car and a street-sign pole into electrical conduits and disgorging its insulating mineral oil all over the place.
Eversource and a company that specializes in hazardous-waste cleanups were called in.
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No snark?
If you're a utility pole expect to get hit.