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Truck driver hits telephone pole on SR-14

No injuries reported in an accident that left a 300-foot gash in ditch

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A crew member cuts down a damaged telephone pole at Milepost 21 on westbound State Route 14. A semi truck smacked into the pole and split it in two April 9, at 8:39 a.m.

Sparks crackled and popped when truck driver Benjamin Chandler, of Carson, struck a telephone pole at Milepost 21 April 9, while traveling westbound on State Route 14.

“People said sparks were flying all over the place,” said Washington State Trooper Will Finn. “It sounded pretty dramatic.”

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