Tractor trailer mixes up destination, downs utility pole
KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL - A tractor trailer is seen on the narrow Long Row Road in Gilberton with a utility pole down on August 27, 2024.
GILBERTON – A tractor trailer bound for Schultz Drive in Delano instead went to Schultz Road in Gilberton and brought down a utility pole.
It happened around 2pm in the Long Row section of the borough.
Continental Fire Co. Chief Frank Jackowiak told the Sentinel the truck was bound for a plant in the MAJIC Industrial Park near Delano along Schultz Drive.
The truck — operated by Highlight Motor Freight, of Concord, Ontario — instead made its way to Schultz Road, a short stub in the back of the Long Row section.
Once in the patch town, the tractor trailer had no easy way out and became entangled in a utility line as it turned onto Long Row Road, bringing the utility pole down with it. The utility line belonged to a telecommunications utility, either Verizon Pennsylvania or Service Electric Cablevision.
No injuries were reported, though minor damage as seen on a home after its telecommunications service line was pulled down.
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