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A power pole is downed early Friday afternoon at Pleasant Street and East Avenue in Lewiston. According to witnesses at the scene, the male driver and a passenger were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
LEWISTON Traffic on East Avenue was snarled for hours Friday after a car struck a CMP pole, bringing wires and traffic lights into the street.
Police said James Knights, 31, of Lewiston, was driving at East Avenue and Pleasant Street about 12:30 p.m. when an apparent mechanical failure caused his car to strike the pole.
A passenger, Cynthia Knights, suffered a minor injury and was taken to Central Maine Medical Center to be evaluated.