police are forcing you turn right on Mount Harmony and traffic is a disaster going that way.
Somebody it one of the STEEL TRANSMISSION/DISTRIBUTION poles....
.... hate to say but steel poles dont give like a wooden pole....
contacted a few buddies I know... and they will be replacing the steel pole... and im sure they will be doing accident reconstruction
Luckily, I'll be heading SB in a few hours, not NB.
Wow! That's horrible.
police are forcing you turn right on Mount Harmony and traffic is a disaster going that way.
The vehicle struck a metal pole an snapped it in two???? Yikes!!!!
That is a bad intersection any way you look at it.....
From Baynet:
Update9:42 am)
Due to a single vehicle accident today Route 4 in the area of Mt. harmony Road has been shut down. A vehicle with a single occupant struck a metal power line support pole. For safety reasons SMECO has asked that Law Enforcement keep the roadway closed.
It is estimated by SMECO that the roadway will be closed for 8 to 10 hours. Expect delays and alternate routes to reach your destination. The operator of the vehicle was flown from the scene and is in critical condition.
Original report:
At 8:39 a.m. the Calvert County Sheriff's Office reported an accident at northbound Route 4 and Mount Harmony Road in Dunkirk. Route 4 northbound side will be shut down for possibly 8 to 10 hours. According to Captain Steve Jones of the Calvert County Sheriff's Office reports a vehicle struck a metal power pole, which snapped in two. No information on injuries is available at this time.
From Southern Maryland News Net:
UPDATE 10:00am:
Rt4 at Mt Harmony rd is currently open for the next few hours, but will be shut down later for an undetermined amount of time.
I would be shocked if it snapped it in two... they are bolted together.
and if that was so they would be replacing it now.... and not tonight.
but I will ask my friends and find out what really happened
I see what you did there
Pole WAS NOT SNAPPED ....
but it was severly damaged and bent..... she must have been flying to do that kinda damage to the pole.
and yes... I have seen pics of the accident.
That was a hard dayum hit!Pole WAS NOT SNAPPED ....
but it was severly damaged and bent..... she must have been flying to do that kinda damage to the pole.
and yes... I have seen pics of the accident.
There have been 3 auto accidents that I have heard in northern Calvert in about as many hours this morning.
Did she survive?
Drove by it at around 1pm and there was a crew there working on it. I don't know if they installed a new poll or working on the damaged one, but no lanes were shut down.