In the early morning hours of Monday as the residents in the river view section of the city slept a lone vehicle traveled down School Street at a high rate of speed. Shortly before 2:15 The usual sounds of the overnight was shattered by a loud crash followed by exploding transformers, blue flames and arcing wires, a subsequent power outage ensued. I arrived at the School Street curve onto Beverage Hill Avenue about two minutes after the "bang" with a vehicle into a pole which was resting on a retaining wall and guide wire. As i approached the vehicle airbag dust poured from the car, when the smoke cleared it was apparent that the vehicle was unoccupied. About ten minutes later the police radio went off " Car One... head to the area of Prospect Heights for a loud bang." Police arrived minutes later and accessed the situation, Two additional units were requested to search the vicinity for the driver who was at that point a potential victim. Due to the integrity of the pole and the vehicle resting on the guide wire the roadway was closed at Service Road. National Grid and Verizon subsequently arrived and began to work on the pole and wiring issues. National Grid had the power fully restored to the area in about two hours however Verizon remained on scene into daylight. The curve where the incident happened has been the site of numerous accidents some of which have been fatal.
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