Traffic & Transit

McDonough St. Reopens: Semi Hits Utility Pole Then Drives Off

A semi knocked down a utility pole and drove away from the crash scene on McDonough Street, Joliet police told Patch.

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ComEd crews responded to McDonough Street on Wednesday afternoon after a semi crashed into a utility pole, knocking it into the road.
ComEd crews responded to McDonough Street on Wednesday afternoon after a semi crashed into a utility pole, knocking it into the road. (John Ferak/Joliet Patch)

JOLIET, IL — Motorists hoping to use the McDonough Street Bridge to get between the west side and east side of Joliet were met by a Joliet police road closure for a portion of Wednesday afternoon. A semi-trailer knocked down a utility pole around 1 p.m. Wednesday, and then drove away from the scene, a Joliet police officer told Patch.

At 1:30 p.m., Joliet police announced on Facebook that McDonough Street was closed from South Chicago Street to Railroad Street for a downed power line in the roadway because the semi hit it.

The downed utility line left several residents of Water's Edge, the Joliet Housing Authority Development along Des Plaines Street, without electricity.

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The pole was removed and the street was reopened to traffic by 3 p.m.

ComEd crews responded to McDonough Street on Wednesday afternoon after a semi crashed into a utility pole, knocking it into the road. John Ferak/Patch
ComEd crews responded to McDonough Street on Wednesday afternoon after a semi crashed into a utility pole, knocking it into the road. John Ferak/Patch

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