Rogue Raccoon Runs In Road, Driver Dodges, Pummels Power Poles

NASHVILLE, TN — A masked bandit started a chain of events knocking out power to parts of West Nashville and closing Charlotte Pike for nearly two hours early Thursday morning.

A ne'er-do-well raccoon ran into the road around 2 a.m., and a passing motorist, not wanting to harm Tennessee's state animal, swerved, causing her to lose control of the car, run up on the curb and take out two utility poles. For more raccoon-related traffic updates and other Nashville news, click here to subscribe to the Nashville Patch, or find your local Middle Tennessee Patch here.

Nashville Electric Crews were able to right the poles, but more than a quarter mile of Charlotte between Morrow and White Bridge roads was closed until about 4 a.m.

The woman and the raccoon were uninjured.

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