Dump truck knocks over telephone pole, traffic light on campus

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

A dump truck driving with its bed raised knocked over a telephone pole and traffic light Wednesday at the intersection of West Rayen Avenue and Elm Street on campus at Youngstown State University.

YSU police said the driver was leaving a work site and left the bed raised while heading east on Rayen.

The raised bed caught power and telephone lines and pulled the pole down.

By the time the streetlight fell, the driver realized what happened, police said.

The incident left businesses in the block of Elm Street and Hazel Street along Rayen without power. Ohio Edison was on site to restore power to those businesses as well as removing loose power lines from the street and sidewalk.

The downed traffic light was removed from the site and a new telephone pole was planted.

Charles Shasho, the city’s deputy director of public works, said the city will likely seek repair reimbursement.