Allegheny Power & Windstream Telephone crews are making progress on replacing two poles and getting electric and telephone distribution wires back in the air on Route 120 between Emporium and Driftwood near the Mason Run Intersection.
A truck hit a utility pole at 4:00 pm, breaking off two poles and dropping live electric wires on the roadway closing both lanes of traffic. Emporium and Sinnemahoning fire police were re-dispatched to continue to stop traffic at about 10:00 pm at the request of PennDOT.
The Utility companies are close to completing their work. Route 120 has been closed since the 4:00 pm crash.
A spokesman for State Police in Emporium said that the road can not be re-opened yet as the live electric wires shorting through the blacktop caused the road to burn and superheat, and it is too hot for traffic to travel on.
They are estimating it may be midnight before the road can re-open. Fire Police were stopping traffic at Driftwood and in the area of Mason Run Road on the Emporium side.
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