Two pictures of a broken telephone pole from a car accident

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I happened took two pictures of a broken telephone pole in my hometown this morning. I didn't see the firsthand of the car accident. I thought that you might be interested to see these pictures, and it was a strange accident. It is an unusual accident like this.

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Strange? Nope, have seen like that before.

I even saw about half a mile long telephone pole knocked down!
 
That is amazing the wires held it upright like that.
 
Id guess it must be a big rig knocked down the pole and split it in half. If a small car hit that pole, the pole wud have won and not split in half.
 
Only way I could tell if it was a normal truck or car from a semi hitting it is by looking at the tire track and what kind of damage the pole had because if a semi hit it it would put a lot of damage to that pole and power lines while a truck going maybe 80 90 (I don't know if the street is long enough to go that fast just assuming) could just snap it in half especially if the pole was somewhat old just my 2 cent
 
Reminds me of the time my brother hit a telephone pole in a 69 Fastback, snapped the pole in half, wires all over the ground and half the mountain caught on fire. Ginger may or may not recall this as it happened in her area in about summer 1999 I believe.
 
Dixie said:
Reminds me of the time my brother hit a telephone pole in a 69 Fastback, snapped the pole in half, wires all over the ground and half the mountain caught on fire. Ginger may or may not recall this as it happened in her area in about summer 1999 I believe.
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damn... I hope it's a small mountain...
 
Whoa, that is pretty amazing to see how strong the wires are, to held on that part of the pole.

Is there any news source mentioned about what happened on that day? Whether it was a rig hit the pole?
 
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