Snapped street light pole narrowly misses 2 Phoenix officers

PHOENIX -- Police say two officers escaped injury Friday night when a snapped street light pole fell, narrowly missing their vehicle.

Phoenix Police Sgt. Steve Rother said that about 10 p.m. the officers witnessed an accident between a car and pickup truck at Camelback Road and Interstate 17.

The pickup reportedly fled the scene and officers followed. As the truck made a sharp turn at Missouri Avenue the driver hit a street light pole, according to Rother.

He said the driver took off on foot but was caught by officers after a short pursuit.

Rother said that while the officers were taking the driver into custody the street light snapped and crashed into the roadway between the pickup and police car.

Power lines fell onto the road and over the police car.

There was no damage to the police car and only the driver of the pickup was injured, Rother said. That driver was transported to a local hospital with a cut on his forehead. The driver was processed for DUI.

Rother said no one in the other vehicle involved in the accident was injured.


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