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Snapped Pole Leaves 500 Homes Without Power

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Tom Sofield
Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com

A snapped utility pole in Bristol Township left just over 500 PECO customers without power Tuesday afternoon.

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The pole snapped off Parkway Drive in the township’s Fairless Hills section.

A PECO outage map showed just over 500 customers without service in the afternoon. By 7 p.m., that number had been reduced to just over 50 customers.

PECO repair crews and a tree trimming crews were at the scene as of late afternoon.

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Parkway Drive was closed in the area of the snapped pole for some time.

Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com

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Tom Sofield

Tom Sofield

Tom Sofield has covered news in Bucks County for 16 years for both newspaper and online publications. Tom’s reporting has appeared locally, nationally, and internationally across several mediums. He is proud to report on news in the county where he lives and to have created a reliable publication that the community deserves.