WELLFLEET – A traffic crash caused a large power outage in Wellfleet. A pickup truck struck a utility pole about 7:25 PM Saturday on Main Street between Bank Street and Harding Lane. One person was transported to Cape Cod Hospital with unknown injuries. 740 Eversource customers lost power as a result of the crash. By 9 PM, the outage had been reduced to 41 customers.
Wellfleet Police report that on Saturday at approximately 7:30 PM, they along with the Wellfleet Fire Department were dispatched to the area of 275 Main Street for a report of a motor vehicle crash. Responding officers observed a 2021 GMC Sierra with front end damage and a telephone pole, as well as electrical wires, lying in the roadway. The operator and sole occupant, a 57-year-old male from Wellfleet, was transported to Cape Cod Hospital with unknown injuries. A large portion of the town lost power as a result of the downed telephone pole. The Truro Police Department assisted at the scene. The cause of the crash it currently being investigated by the Wellfleet Police Department.
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