Smoke, fire and sparks were the results when a pair of utility poles snapped after a truck carrying a load of logs snagged the power lines crossing M-61 on the afternoon of Dec. 3.
GLADWIN
Traffic was stopped and power was lost Dec. 3 when a truck carrying a load of lumber snagged the power lines over M-61 near James Robertson Drive and dragged them to the ground, splitting poles on both sides of the road and causing small fires on the shoulder.
“We heard it first,” said Douglas Loughan, of Dodge City, an employee at the Performance Plus oil change station near where the accid…
