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Garbage truck snaps off power pole

Garbage truck hits power pole. Photo: Skylar Noe-Vack

PENTICTON – Electrical outages are reported in a Penticton neighbourhood due to an accident involving a garbage truck.

At about 7:45 Monday morning, police and the fire department were called to an alley behind Andres Electronics on Skaha Lake Road.

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It appears the garbage truck hit a power pole snapping it off at its base with some of the wires contacting the truck.

City of Penticton electrical crews were repairing the damage.

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