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Wires brought down on tractor-trailer in Elizabeth Township, blocking part of Route 48

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Police are urging drivers to avoid a road in Allegheny County after wires and a power pole were brought down on top of a tractor-trailer. Sky 4, Pittsburgh’s only news chopper, was over the scene on Route 48 in Elizabeth Township where a tractor-trailer caught powerlines and pulled down wires and snapped a pole between Circle Drive and Happy Hollow Road. Crews with VEC are working alongside West Penn Power to make the repairs by 7:00 p.m. Thursday. The road is expected to be shut down between Circle Drive and Happy Hollow Drive until at least 8:00 p.m. As of 5:30 p.m. nearly 500 homes were still without power in the surrounding area.Officials have not said if anyone was hurt.

ELIZABETH TOWNSHIP, Pa. —

Police are urging drivers to avoid a road in Allegheny County after wires and a power pole were brought down on top of a tractor-trailer.

Sky 4, Pittsburgh’s only news chopper, was over the scene on Route 48 in Elizabeth Township where a tractor-trailer caught powerlines and pulled down wires and snapped a pole between Circle Drive and Happy Hollow Road.

Crews with VEC are working alongside West Penn Power to make the repairs by 7:00 p.m. Thursday. The road is expected to be shut down between Circle Drive and Happy Hollow Drive until at least 8:00 p.m.

As of 5:30 p.m. nearly 500 homes were still without power in the surrounding area.

Officials have not said if anyone was hurt.

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