A tree fell onto a utility pole on Troy Road, causing more than 1,000 customers to lose power Wednesday morning in Dixmont, Plymouth, Troy and Unity, according to Central Maine Power.
The broken utility pole and its corresponding electrical wires closed Troy Road at 10:30 a.m., according to CMP spokeswoman Gail Rice. Poor weather conditions, including heavy rain and high wind, appeared to be the cause, she said.
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DOWN AND OUT: A Time-Warner company employee prepares to reconnect service to a new utility pole after the pole on ground was broken when a wind-blown tree toppled onto a nearby wire along U.S. Route 202 in Unity on Wednesday. Crews from Unitel and Central Maine Power worked to restore their services after the pole came down about 10:30 a.m. and were finished around 1:45 p.m. Traffic was re-routed around the scene. Staff photo by David Leaming
About 1,250 people were left without power. At the scene Wednesday afternoon, crews from CMP, Unitel and Time Warner were repairing the downed wires.
Power was restored to those who lost it in those four towns by 1:45 p.m., Rice said.
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