Two weeks after a semi-truck took out a utility pole, a tractor-trailer snapped a light pole in half as it made a tight turn in Leitchfield.
The latest incident occurred on Thursday afternoon at 12:15 when a semi, following erroneous GPS directions, snapped a light pole at the bottom and carried the pole into utility lines as the truck turned right from East Shain Drive onto South Main Street.
The truck driver continued but was soon located by police. He isn’t facing charges.
The Leitchfield Police Department provided traffic control at the scene, as Kentucky Utilities workers removed the light pole from the utility lines.
On the night of February 5, a misdirected truck driver snapped a utility pole in half at the intersection of West Main Street and Fraim Street.
Leitchfield Police Department Sgt. Chuck Hoover and Officer Brian Jennings responded and provided traffic control as a utility company arrived and replaced the pole.
The truck driver, according to police, was intending to travel to New York Blower (located on Goff Drive) when he made a sharp right turn from West Main Street onto Fraim Street. During the turn, the truck’s trailer ran over the power pole, snapping it in half. It appeared that only one household lost electricity due to the incident.
The driver, who was not injured, told officers that his GPS directed him to take the wrong route.
Jennings provided an escort to New York Blower once the semi-truck was cleared to leave the scene.
By Ken Howlett, News Director
Contact Ken at ken@k105.com
