INTRO:
A car accident this week left an intersection with
one less streetlight. No one was injured, but it did
cause real inconveniences.
D: on scene:
Hi I’m Derek Montague live at the scene here at Regent Street.
This street light you see just behind me has just fallen over,
here at a busy intersection, knocking out the power to the street lights.
We’ll have more on the story when more develops. So far the police
has not been willing to say anything.
–Bulldozer with sign–
D:
This street light was knocked over by a van on Thursday.morning.
City workers shut down power to the rest of the traffic lights
for about an hour.
K: Kip Fullerton, City of Fredericton, Traffic division.
D: You guys shut the power off because of safety reasons…
K: Yup.
D:Ok.
K: Uh, we got a call at about a little after eleven o’clock.
K: We’ll have another pole up late today or tommorow morning.
D: Police officers arrived on the scene to direct traffic.
With the traffic lights offline, long line ups of vehicles filled Regent street.
D: The driver of the van was taken to hospital immediately, but no injuries
were suspected. Thankfully, the pole didn’t hit anyone when it fell.
A wireless internet router was attached to the pole when it was knocked down.
like the traffic pole, it will need to be replaced.
K: The lights are functioning now properly.
K:It’s working just as it was before.
Today, the intersection is back to normal,
but the damage should cost the city up to five grand.
For STU journalism, I’m Derek Montague.
