CRASH CUTS A.V. POWER.Byline: Charles F. Bostwick Staff Writer LANCASTER - Sheriff's deputies are investigating whether a car was racing another vehicle before it went out of control and hit a fire hydrant and utility pole A utility pole, telegraph pole, telephone pole, power pole, or telegraph post is a post or pole upon which telecommunication network equipment is situated. , knocking out power to about 2,400 homes and businesses. The 2002 Honda honda a quick release metal eyelet for the end of a lariat. When the restrained animal is no longer required it is not necessary to slacken off the loop and pull it over the head—a very great advantage when working with wild cattle or unbroken horses. Civic's driver, a 29-year-old Lancaster man, suffered a bruise bruise or contusion Visible bluish or purplish mark beneath the surface of unbroken skin, indicating burst blood vessels in deeper tissue layers. Bruises are usually caused by a blow or pressure, but they may occur spontaneously in elderly persons. on his chest from his seat belt strap in the 7:20 p.m. Sunday Sunday: see Sabbath; week. crash on 20th Street West south of Lancaster Boulevard, deputies said. ``Technically he should have been dead. His car was totaled,'' Sgt. Paul Dino said. ``He just walked away from it.'' The motorist told deputies another vehicle passed him and cut him off, causing him to slam on Verb 1. slam on - apply carelessly; "slap some paint onto the wall" clap on, slap on apply, put on - apply to a surface; "She applied paint to the back of the house"; "Put on make-up!" his brakes, deputies said. The other vehicle didn't stop. Getting the broken hydrant shut off required chipping away concrete to reach a valve, officials said. Edison workers used a boom truck to hold up the severed sev·er v. sev·ered, sev·er·ing, sev·ers v.tr. 1. To set or keep apart; divide or separate. 2. To cut off (a part) from a whole. 3. utility pole overnight until a replacement pole could be installed. Most of the homes and businesses that lost power had their electricity restored in 14 minutes, Edison spokeswoman Alis Clausen said. The remainder had their power restored before 9 p.m. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) A worker tries to reach a valve Monday to shut off a damaged fire hydrant after a crash on 20th Street West. (2) Water spews from a fire hydrant after Sunday's crash. Paul Weatherman/Special to the Daily News |
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