Vehicle
Rams Pole, Knocking Out Power
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[January 02, 2008]
About 600 Lincoln residents
started the new year in the dark and chilled. The unfortunate
circumstances began not long into the new year for 60-80 Lincoln
residents when they lost power when a car struck a pole on North
Union Street.
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Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital doors were opened for a
warming center, and the outage was widened midmorning for 2 1/2 to
three hours in order for Cilco to make repairs. One or two poles had
to be replaced. The 600 homes and businesses affected were northwest
of Lincoln. There were still some isolated outages in the afternoon,
but no further outages were reported by late evening.
The driver of the offending vehicle that led to this
inconvenience, maybe misery for some, was seen driving away a moment
after hitting the pole. Lincoln police went to the scene and were
able to follow the vehicle tracks in the snow and found the vehicle.
The driver was found after knocking on several doors. He had not
driven home but was visiting at the home of friends.
In a gesture of New Year kindness, he will remain unnamed here.
Consulting Assistant Police Chief Harley Mullins said that the
28-year-old was ticketed for driving under the influence, failure to
reduce speed and failure to report an accident.
[By JAN YOUNGQUIST]
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