A truck slammed into a utility pole on Mountain Avenue in Revere around 3:30 a.m. Sunday, knocking out power for more than 4,000 customers in Revere. Rain and wind slowed cleanup, and most customers in the city had their electricity restored by 6:30 a.m.
WCVB reported the crash and its aftermath, detailing how the truck struck the pole on Mountain Avenue, triggering the widespread outage. According to the outlet, over 4,000 customers were left without power in the immediate aftermath of the collision.
Revere police placed the crash at about 3:30 a.m. outside 398 Mountain Ave. and said no other vehicle appeared to be involved; the cause remained unknown. Police reported no injuries and issued the unnamed driver a criminal citation, according to The Boston Globe. Most customers had power restored by 6:30 a.m.
A Rude Awakening Before Dawn
For at least one Revere resident, the crash announced itself before the outage did. The station's report notes that a neighbor said he heard a loud boom earlier in the morning and then woke up to find his power out, a jarring sequence that lines up with the timing of the crash on Mountain Avenue.
Cleanup crews had their work cut out for them well past sunrise. Rain and wind moving through the area slowed efforts to clear the crash site, per the same account, even as most customers in the city had their power restored by 6:30 a.m.
The Mountain Avenue crash follows another serious pole-related outage in Revere this year: on June 3, a tractor-trailer snagged overhead wires while turning from Squire Road onto McCoba Street, bringing down two poles and interrupting power for more than 1,400 customers. That earlier incident also left no one hurt.
What Remains Unclear
Details about the truck driver, the vehicle's owner, or what caused the collision have not been made public. Police reported no injuries, and the driver received a criminal citation. The Revere Police Department issued a statement about the crash.
