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A woman was forced to spend 20 minutes in her SUV while it had live power lines on it after they came down when a truck crashed into a hydro pole in west Edmonton late Thursday afternoon.
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A woman was forced to spend 20 minutes in her SUV while it had live power lines on it after they came down when a truck crashed into a power pole in west Edmonton late Thursday afternoon.
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“I was just coming out of an acupuncture appointment and all of a sudden I saw sparks and a bunch of [power] lines fall and a pole fell and I don’t know, I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time I guess,” Crystal Sawatzky told Global News.
A spokesperson for Edmonton Fire Rescue Services told Global News firefighters were called to the scene at 5:09 p.m. The situation unfolded when a gravel truck crashed into a power pole at 113 Street and 100 Avenue. No injuries or power outages were reported. Fire crews stayed at the scene until a crew from EPCOR arrived.
“I sat in my car [and] I was like, ‘OK, these are live power lines, I shouldn’t get out of my car,'” Sawatzky said. “I quickly called my husband to confirm that and then I called 911.”
She commended fire crews for arriving so quickly and said the situation was taken care of when EPCOR cut the lines.
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“What are the chances that you’re just leaving an appointment and all of a sudden, the power lines right beside your car and the lines are on your car.”
A woman was forced to spend 20 minutes in her SUV while it had live power lines on it after they came down when a truck crashed into a hydro pole in west Edmonton late Thursday afternoon.
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A woman was forced to spend 20 minutes in her SUV while it had live power lines on it after they came down when a truck crashed into a hydro pole in west Edmonton late Thursday afternoon.
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A woman was forced to spend 20 minutes in her SUV while it had live power lines on it after they came down when a truck crashed into a hydro pole in west Edmonton late Thursday afternoon.
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A woman was forced to spend 20 minutes in her SUV while it had live power lines on it after they came down when a truck crashed into a hydro pole in west Edmonton late Thursday afternoon.
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A woman was forced to spend 20 minutes in her SUV while it had live power lines on it after they came down when a truck crashed into a hydro pole in west Edmonton late Thursday afternoon.
Brad Gowan/ Global News