In Middlebury, a telephone pole suffering from “internal damage” at its base snapped with a couple of Green Mountain Power linemen aloft.

“Preliminary investigation indicates that lineman Josh McLean and Jared Allen were removing three phase lines from a utility pole and had begun to send equipment to the ground level when the pole suddenly broke at its base. The pole then fell striking a tracked vehicle and broke a second time. Allen landed on the ground adjacent to the pole; McLean landed on the ground with the pole partially on top of him.”

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