MIRAMAR, Fla. – A wooden power pole in Miramar fell onto a pickup truck Tuesday morning that was parked in the driveway of a home.
Sky 10 was above the 3400 block of West Lake Place around 8:50 a.m. as the pole was split in the half and resting on the green truck.
Power lines came down onto another car that was parked in front of the truck.
The owner of the truck told Local 10 News reporter Roy Ramos that he was asleep when he heard a loud boom, and then went outside to see his truck destroyed.
“Heard a big crash,” Kyle Miller said. “The dump truck came through the neighborhood because they are doing local construction, and the carrier bridge caught the power line and pulled it down.”
The power pole snapped straight through at the base, tearing down a fence and then shattering all the windows of the truck after it crashed right onto its cab.
“It is really bad. The whole cab is gone,” Miller said.
According to Miramar police, construction crews were in the area shortly after 8:30 a.m. when their dump truck pulled on a low-lying power line, causing the pole to fall and land on the unoccupied truck.
No injuries were reported, and only a handful of homes were left without power.
Personnel from Florida Power & Light were called to the scene to remedy the situation.
While only about five or six homes were affected, residents say it’s the construction crews that have been a major concern.
“A week ago Friday, one of the trucks came through the area and pulled on the wires again, and the cable lines were aching together, so we had no power for about five hours that day,” Bonnie Miller said.
As Miramar police now investigate the cause of the crash, Kyle Miller said he’s just fortunate no one was seriously hurt.
“I could’ve been in the truck, getting ready to leave for work,” he said. “A lot of worse scenarios.”
Local 10 News spoke with personnel with Florida Power & Light who said they responded to the area to work on downed cable lines on June 16.
After making previous repairs, the company said they did have plans of replacing the poll this week before the incident happened.
Miramar police said the dump truck driver will likely not be cited because it appears the powerlines were considered to be low-lying.