crash_reports: 2000000277

ON 4-25-20 AT APPROX. 0724HRS. WHILE WORKING N492 I TOOK A REPORT FOR MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE INTERSECTION OF WALTHAM AND ORCHARD AVE. I SPOKE TO THE OPERATOR OF VEHICLE #1. DRIVER STATES HE WAS TRAVELING N-BOUND ON WALTHAM ST. DRIVER STATES HE TURNED RIGHT ONTO ORCHARD AVE. WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING TUG AT THE TOP OF HIS TRUCK. GIVEN THE AVAILABLE INFORMATION, I WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE HEIGHT OF VEHICLE #1. DRIVER STATES HE THEN SAW A WIRE FROM OVERHEAD HAD LATCHED ONTO THE TOP OF HIS TRUCK AND WAS PULLING DOWN TWO TELEPHONE POLES. THE FIRST POLE IN FRONT OF 410 WALTHAM WAS LEANING TOWARD FALLING ON WALTHAM ST. THE SECOND POLE WAS ON ORCHARD AVE AND WAS UPROOTED. IT WAS RESTING ON THE DRIVERS VEHICLE. THERE WAS A CITY OF NEWTON TREE IN FRONT OF 410 WALTHAM ST. THAT HAD BEEN UPROOTED AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT. CITY OF NEWTON ARRIVED ON SCENE AND DETERMINED THE TREE DESTROYED. FORESTRY ARRIVED TO REMOVE THE TREE. DRIVER STATES HE HAS BEEN COLLECTING TRASH FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT IN THIS AREA FOR SEVERAL YEARS. HE DOES NOT RECALL SEEING ANY WIRES THAT LOOK LIKE THEY WERE HANGING LOW PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. EVERSOURCE EMERGENCY LINE WAS NOTIFIED. EVERSOURCE CREWS ARRIVED ON SCENE TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE.