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09/04/2009: "Couple Of Lucky People"

(A walk-away accident past Cemetery Road on SJI)

A driver and passenger escape with only minor bruises when the driver lost control of a small pickup on Douglas road just south of Cemetery Road on San Juan Island.

According to witnesses and evidence at the scene, the truck dropped off into the road ditch, and before the driver could come to stop the right front time struck the end of a driveway culvert, which caused the truck to jump out of the ditch and slam into an OPALCO power pole.


The impact very cleanly removed the bottom section of the pole. The remaining pole then dropped to the ground, held up at the top by the overhead wires.

Not did the two in the truck escape injury from the direct impact, the wires -which remained hot- stayed where they belonged, attached to the pole and in the air.

The power was cut, the two got out of the truck, the power was restored, and OPALCO went to work to keep the power on and repair the damage.