1,000 without power in Queens County after logging truck crash
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About 1,000 Nova Scotia Power customers in Queens County are without electricity and a man is in hospital after a logging truck crashed into a power pole in Buckfield, N.S., Sunday.
Truck driver was airlifted to hospital
A man is in hospital and about 1,000 Nova Scotia Power customers lost power after a logging truck crashed into a power pole in Buckfield, N.S., Sunday.
An RCMP spokesperson said emergency services responded to a report of a crash at the intersection of Highway 210 and Labelle Road around 11 a.m.
The truck was loaded with logs when it crashed into a power pole.
The driver, the lone occupant of the truck, sustained serious injuries and was airlifted to hospital.
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Power was knocked out in the area. The Nova Scotia Power outage map is giving an estimated time of 9 p.m. Sunday for power to be restored.
The intersection will be closed to traffic for several hours, according to the RCMP.
With files from Danielle Edwards