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Report: Woman drove SUV into utility pole; outages followed
By Pantagraph staff
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BLOOMINGTON -- A woman drove her Jeep Cherokee into a utility pole at Walnut and Clinton Streets shortly after 4 p.m. Sunday eyewitnesses said.

The woman refused medical treatment.

Bloomington police and Bloomington fire department responded to the scene. Police are not yet releasing the name of the woman involved in the accident.

Traffic was blocked on Clinton Street from Empire Street to Chestnut Street.

The Ameren IPWeb site said 116 customers were without power at 8 p.m. but representatives did not immediately return a call regarding whether the outages were caused by the accident.

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An single vehicle accident at the corner of Clinton Ave. and Walnut St. in Bloomington broke a utility pole in three segments leaving the top hanging over Clinton Ave. Traffic was not allowed in the area until the power company arrived to clean up the mess. (The Pantagraph/LORI ANN COOK) (October 5, 2008)
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Note: All views and opinions expressed in reader comments are solely those of the individual submitting the comment, and not those of the Pantagraph or its staff.

me wrote on Oct 6, 2008 5:52 PM:

" hey does anyone know what happened yesterday around noon or so. i was outside my house around washington school and you could hear alot of firetrucks going somewhere. "

BNHuman wrote on Oct 6, 2008 2:33 PM:

" How come they don't put up power poles made of super ball material? "

dmlh wrote on Oct 6, 2008 9:52 AM:

" I use to live within a block of where this accident occured about 14-15 years ago. There was an accident about this time of year when a person was driving down Walnut and didn't stop at Clinton because they were looking at all the pretty trees and their changing colors. "

candi wrote on Oct 6, 2008 12:01 AM:

" ubercrank,
I don't think so...the ads rotate through, now the ad is for a Ford Truck/ Ford Dealership, and earlier it was for a shop for joggers/runners. I think it was just conincidental that you happened to see the dog ad. "

ubercrank wrote on Oct 5, 2008 9:31 PM:

" how funny. The automated advertising below the story was for dog training. I suppose the computer made the association with dogs and utility poles? "
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