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Traffic impacted on busy road after truck hits utility pole in Clark County

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CLARK COUNTY — Traffic was impacted on a busy road after a pickup truck hit a utility pole in Clark County early Wednesday.

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As reported on News Center 7 Daybreak, state troopers from the Springfield Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) responded around 1:37 a.m. to U.S. 40 and S. Tecumseh Road on reports of a crash.

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An OSHP dispatcher told News Center 7 that a Chevy pickup truck hit a utility pole. Both the pole and live wires were down.

He said a state trooper was still at the scene.

Ohio Edison crews deactivated the wires and were scheduled to fix the pole later, dispatchers said.

The road was closed for several hours but reopened around 5 a.m.

No injuries were reported.

The crash remains under investigation.

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