Crime & Safety
Runaway Truck Shears Power Pole in La Crescenta
About 2,000 Glendale Water & Power customers are without power.
A Ryder rental truck without a driver slammed into a power pole and knocked out power for about 2,000 customers, according to media reports.
The unoccupied truck rolled down Dunsmore Avenue, struck a power pole at Los Amigos Street and downed live electrical wires about 4 p.m., Glendale Police Sgt. Tom Lorenz told The Glendale News-Press.
Glendale firefighters put out a small fire near the crash, The News-Pres reported. No one was injured.
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