crash_reports: 22000258

ON 3-29-22 AT APPROX. 1116HRS. WHILE WORKING N492 I TOOK A REPORT FOR SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT. UPON ARRIVAL AT 22 BURNHAM RD. I SPOKE TO THE OPERATOR OF VEHICLE #1. DRIVER IS A U.S. POSTAL MAIL CARRIER AND STATES SHE WAS BACKING FROM 40 BURNHAM TO DELIVER MAIL TO 22 BURNHAM. SHE STATES WHILE BACKING HER VISIBILITY WAS OBSTRUCTED BY THE GLARE OF THE SUN IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR. AS A RESULT OF THE GLARE SHE COULD NOT SEE THE BLACK COLORED UTILITY GAS LIGHT POLE AND CRASHED INTO IT. THE GAS LIGHT IS LOCATED AT THE FRONT ENTRANCE TO 22 BURNHAM. VEHICLE #1 HAD LEFT REAR DENTS AND SCRAPES. THE GAS LIGHT HAD DAMAGE TO THE TOP CASING AND BULB WHICH HAD SMASHED AND WAS LOCATED ON THE GROUND NEAR THE POLE. CITY OF NEWTON WAS NOTIFIED FOR THE DEBRIS. NATIONAL GRID WAS NOTIFIED AND RESPONDED TO SHUT OFF THE GAS. I TOOK SEVERAL PICTURES OF THE DAMAGE AND GAVE THEM TO THE I.T. DEPARTMENT. DRIVER REPORTED NO INJURIES. SHE WAS ABLE TO LEAVE THE SCENE IN HER VEHICLE WHICH WAS STILL OPERATIONAL. CLEARED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.