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Truck Crash Damages Power Line At Burgaw Intersection

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Status

Reported, not yet confirmed

Independent sources

2

First seen

Oct 23, 6:04 PM EDT

updated Oct 23, 6:33 PM EDT

Topic

Local News

Reported by WSFX-TV and WWAY, not yet confirmed.

What Happened

Roads remain closed after a truck crashed into a power pole and damaged a power line at an intersection in Burgaw, WWAY and WSFX-TV reported.

Written by our system from the sources below (2), version 1, Oct 24, 2:46 AM EDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.

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How It Unfolded

Oct 23, 6:12 PM EDT · first source seenOct 23, 7:18 PM EDT · published

Official Confirmation

No official source confirms this yet. It is reported, not confirmed.

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How We Decided

Oct 23, 6:27 PM EDTHeld: One source so far, and no official source confirms it yet.Oct 23, 7:18 PM EDTPublished: Two or more independent sources reported it.NextConfirmed when an official source agrees.