Tractor contacts electrical lines causing power outage, Archer County TX


A large tractor traveling north on road 368 near Walker Road contacted low electrical lines. This caused transformers and fuses to blow. The lines are hanging low across the road but do not block traffic. The utility pole has been flagged for repair.
Audio|Source: Wichita Falls Area Law Enforcement
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I'm out on 368. On this north of Walker Road, a large tractor with a plow and some grain implements.
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Traveling north on 368 contacted the electrical lines across the road, break.
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The lines are pretty low. It did not pull them out, but it did blow some transformers and some fuses here.
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Just north of Walker on 368, I'm going to flag the pole with pink flagging if you can contact Concord.
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Poll also has the number 8080 on it.
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1040.
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That line's low, hanging across 368. He did disconnect one.
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They're out of the roadway.
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Again, I flagged it with team flagging. I'll be clear.
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Archer County, TX
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