Power restored, road reopened after bucket truck rolls over, pulls lines down in Buffalo Township
A bucket truck rolled onto its side Wednesday afternoon and pulled power lines down in Buffalo Township.
A Butler County emergency dispatcher said the crash occurred around 4:15 p.m. in the 200 block of Ekastown Road, near Hranica’s Auto Services.
No injuries were reported. The road was blocked off in both directions for more than an hour.
Dispatchers said the road was reopened before 9:30 p.m.
There were reports that power was out as far away as the Harrison Walmart.
West Penn Power’s website at 5:45 p.m. showed an outage in the area impacting between 100 and 500 customers.
It showed no outages in the county as of 9:50 p.m.
Michael DiVittorio is a TribLive reporter covering general news in Western Pennsylvania, with a penchant for festivals and food. He can be reached at mdivittorio@triblive.com.
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