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Truck catches line, brings down power poles in Dayton; outages reported

Truck causes multiple utility poles to be knocked down (Eric Higgenbotham)

DAYTON — A power outage has been reported in a Dayton neighborhood after a truck caused multiple power poles to be knocked down.

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This happened Tuesday morning in the area of Salem Avenue and Brem Street.

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A spokesperson for AES Ohio said that a truck caught a utility line and caused three poles to be knocked down.

The incident has caused an outage in the area.

AES Ohio has crews on the scene, working to get the poles back up and power back on.

The spokesperson wasn’t able to give a specific time frame for when the power would be restored but said it could be well into the afternoon.

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