Crime & Safety
Car Takes Out Pole in Ellington Business District on Friday
Power was restored by the time area businesses opened.
ELLINGTON CT — A car took out a pole on Route 83 and briefly knocked out power in a congested area of town, emergency officials said.
The crash was reported on Twitter by Tolland County 911 at about 4:30 a.m.
A car had hit a pole on Route 83 near Mountain Road — a busy commercial intersection, according to Tolland County 911.
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As late as 10 a.m., Eversource Energy was reporting 79 customer outages, but representatives for Kloter Farms and Holiday restaurant said that their businesses had power.
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