PHOTOS: Power Outage Closes Main Street to Traffic, Business
A car struck a utility pole on Main Street Wednesday morning, causing traffic detours and forcing Main Street businesses without power to close for the day.
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This story was updated at 4:50 p.m. with comments from Baltimore County Police Lt. Stephen Doarnberger.
Hundreds of Reisterstown residents were without power after a car collided with a utility pole on Main Street Wednesday morning.
Main Street is closed between Chartley and Glyndon Drives and motorists are being detoured around the Chartley Shopping Center via Shirley Manor Road.
The pole, on the corner of Main Street and Stocksdale Avenue, was leaning on an angle and split in the middle Wednesday afternoon. The woman driving the car that hit the pole was not transported to the hospital, said Lt. Stephen Doarnberger, assistant commander of the Baltimore County Police's Franklin Precinct.
About 375 customers in the Reisterstown area were still without power around 1:20 p.m., said BGE spokeswoman Rachael Lighty. When power first went out, 3,000 customers were affected, she said.
Main Street was dark in the affected area, with most shops closed due to the power outage.
BGE workers are installing a new utility pole and power should be restored to all customers by 7 p.m., Lighty said.
shoebuyer
6:47 am on Thursday, May 17, 2012
I want to thank all the BGE workers who worked hard; there was a lot of work that had to be done. Power was restored at 8:40 pm.
J Hoyas
8:30 am on Thursday, May 17, 2012
Agreed! Although an inconvenience, it was nice to see our neighbors and everyone was checking on one another! The way our small community SHOULD work!
Zoobie
5:07 pm on Thursday, May 17, 2012
Has anyone, self not included, noticed that the Utility Poles on Main Strees, and all of Reisterstown Rd. for that matter. are planted way too close to the travelled roadway? These Pole Incidents are happening much too often. Main St. is a 30 MPH Zone. and one wouldn't think this type of accident would occur there. Was Speed a factor? Don't know ! I personally feel that when an incident with a broken Utility Pole occurs, the New Pole should be moved to the other side of the Sidewalk. Eventually, maybe these types of accidents could be averted.