WIRES DOWN IN WHITPAIN

Cement truck pulls down traffic light pole, wires at Stenton and Butler Thursday afternoon

Fire police are on scene of the incident in Whitpain Township.

Managing Editor

Thursday, October 17, 2024

Crime & Public Safety.

A cement truck pulled down wires, a traffic light and traffic pole as it crossed over Butler Pike on Stenton Avenue in Whitpain Township Thursday afternoon.

According to Montgomery County emergency operations dispatch, at 1:09 p.m., the cement truck was headed in the direction of Sheaff Lane and did not stop.

There is debris in the intersection, as well as wires. There is no sparking or arcing of wires, per reports.

Centre Square Fire Co. is on scene.

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Tony Di Domizio

Tony Di Domizio is the Managing Editor of NorthPennNow, PerkValleyNow, and CentralBucksNow, and a staff writer for WissNow. Email him at tony@northpennnow.com. Tony graduated from Kutztown University, with a degree in English/Professional Writing and Electronic Media. He went on to serve as a reporter and editor for various news organizations, including Lansdale Patch/AOL, The Reporter in Lansdale, Pa., and the weekly Chronicle news editions of The Morning Call in Allentown, Pa. A fourth-generation Lansdalian, he attended North Penn High School, graduating in 1998. He once interviewed Jesse Spano in the back of a limousine outside North Penn High School.