Name: Semi-truck shears hydrant, crashes into power pole in El Cajon
Uploaded: 1/23/2020 5:24:39 PM
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Description: A semi-truck sheared a fire hydrant and crashed into a power pole Thursday morning in El Cajon, causing an outage that left more than 500 customers without power.

Truck driver hits hydrant, crashes into power pole in El Cajon, results in outage for over 500

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