Cement truck snags Electric wires

Cement truck snags low hanging cable/telephone wire, snaps one pole in half and nearly snaps another.
Damage to 3 phase primary lines, cable televison, a homowners service drop and some local fiber connections.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• cement
• truck
• electric
• pole
• downed
• wires

[jsncrso]

i bet that was fun!

[elitedata]

yeah.

i waited several hours for the electricity to come back on.

apparently, the driver of the cement truck was totally unaware it snagged the line until he saw part of the pole swing in front of him after it snapped off.

[drksun]

smartest thing to do is stay in the truck, you would have the same potential energy as the power lines and not get zaped, the second you get out and become grounded you die.

[brianchris4]

um "3 phase primary lines" is also listed in the description.. that would be power

[ApolloWasReal]

@ontgen24 Sigh. I guess the mixer driver wasn't actually electrocuted until he got out of his truck, right?

As I understand it, if you ever drive into a hot wire you should first try to back out. If you can't disengage, STAY PUT. If that's not possible (like if your vehicle is catching fire) then you stand on the door sill and jump away with your feet together -- but not so far that you stumble. Then bunny-hop to a safe distance.

[ApolloWasReal]

I take it that the fuses blew before the driver got out? Lucky for him.

The power is obviously off during this video, but some guys in a bucket truck are already working on it so I'm sure they would have shut it off if it wasn't already off.

[whitetyrone1371]

I guess that locality should have made sure their lines were at federal regs. which is 14 foot. Most mixer trucks are only 13 foot tall. That was totally not the drivers fault.

[MrDodgeram2010]

i love cement trucks

[c0rrupts3ct0r555]

ouch they must have cut the power because i dont see any arcing.. thats an unlucky cement truck... it must have cut the power faast or the drive would have been french toast

[DetroitLove4U]

Alas I let time pass & not feed into this lady magoo's (NissanDriver15) repugnant & laconic obfuscating garbage. The lady must have raisins in her head or perhaps she's going through her period. For the video purposes, it's good to know why things happen so that I & others can learn from one's or others' mistakes altogether. I once had a relative that work for Southern California Edison that was involved in a very graphic fatal accident where his co-worker's head was severed by a power-line.

[NissanDriver15]

Lucky for you, I haven't blocked you. This is too fun! What other schoolyard insults have you got, besides calling me a lady and telling me to kiss off?

[DetroitLove4U]

You and your computer go Hand in Hand as does your arrogance. Speaking of tampons - yours are as dirty as your mouth which is your freaking Arse!!! Who started this - yeah LADY YOU FAIL. You bothered me loser ass cuntface. I've been showing you my humbleness. Nice to see that you have comments pending approval on your page - bet you block a lot of people when you insult them. I make time for real women not transgendered computer Internet phenoms like your twisted cunt.

[NissanDriver15]

Right, I'm the immasculine one and you're the one who let my one-sentence get to you, so much to the point that you have to write long, drawn-out replies to my simple statements. Go change your tampon, you're being kind of bitchy.

[DetroitLove4U]

The mere thought of you being masculine is like the mere thought of George Bush being a GREAT President to this country. Get a life. You fail. Pull yourself together and move on. You came and bothered me and you endeavor to further do so. Typical of ladies - always have to be right with an arrogant stance. Kiss Off.