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Head-On Crash: Utility Pole Snapped, Transformer Lands In Truck And Driver's OK In Fair Lawn

A driver somehow escaped serious injury in Fair Lawn on Thursday when his box truck skimmed a tree, bowled over four street signs and slammed flush into a utility pole, snapping it clean in half.

Jerry DeMarco

Not only did the upper section of the streetlight pole land on top of the truck in the collision on Lincoln Avenue near Loretto Avenue around 1:30 p.m. July 27.

The transformer also fell through the roof into the cargo area (see photo above).

The driver told police a car cut in front of him, prompting him to swerve and lose control of the Pattman Plumbing truck from Midland Park.

The driver told police a car cut in front of him, prompting him to swerve and lose control.

Boyd A. Loving (file photo)

Citywide Towing removed the wreck.

PSE&G was called to replace the pole.

Citywide Towing removed the wreck.

Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE

Hawthorne police assisted their Fair Lawn law enforcement colleagues, who are investigating the cause of the crash.

Boyd A. Loving took the photos.

A miracle, really.

Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE

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