Crime & Safety

Workers Hit Gas Line At Merrimack College

Crews from Columbia Gas of Massachusetts determined that the line had been abandoned and was not being used to carry natural gas.

NORTH ANDOVER, MA -- Police from Andover and North Andover responded to Merrimack College Tuesday morning after a contractor reported hitting a natural gas transmission line. A crew from Columbia Gas of Massachusetts was dispatched to the college and detrmined that it was an old, abandoned line that was no longer use in natural gas trasnmission. The incident was reported at 11:10 a.m. but there was no need to evacuate nearby buildings or residences.

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