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Vehicle slams into electrical pole, cutting it in half @ Sophie Bay

August 8th, 2019 | Tags: Accident Sophie Bay live wires electrical pole SUV
The scene of the accident at Sohpie Bay, Tortola on August 8, 2019. Photo: Team of Reporters
Traffic along the Blackburn Highway has been impeded due to the accident at Sophie Bay today, August 8, 2019. Photo: Team of Reporters
Traffic along the Blackburn Highway has been impeded due to the accident at Sophie Bay today, August 8, 2019. Photo: Team of Reporters
Traffic along the Blackburn Highway has been impeded due to the accident at Sophie Bay today, August 8, 2019. Photo: Team of Reporters
Traffic along the Blackburn Highway has been impeded due to the accident at Sophie Bay today, August 8, 2019. Photo: Team of Reporters
SOPHIE BAY, Tortola, VI- An electrical pole was cut in half when an SUV slammed into it at Sophie Bay, Tortola today, August 8, 2019.

The pole, with live wires, also reportedly struck another vehicle, damaging its window screen.

The incident took place sometime around 12:00pm.

It is unclear how the SUV ended up hitting the pole at the side of the road.

No reports of injuries have reached our newsroom; however, ambulance and the Virgin Islands Fire and Rescue have been summoned to the scene.

Traffic has been backed up as a result of the road being made impassable.

More details to follow.

Only on Monday, August 5, 2019 a young man lost his life after the vehicle he was in ploughed into a guard rail at Fahie Hill, Tortola.

6 Responses to “Vehicle slams into electrical pole, cutting it in half @ Sophie Bay”

  • Wellsah (08/08/2019, 14:09) Like (2) Dislike (0) Reply
    Wellsah, how he geh da do?
  • punk (08/08/2019, 14:10) Like (16) Dislike (15) Reply
    bet is a right hand drive. I just want my power back
    • LHD USDM (08/08/2019, 22:00) Like (12) Dislike (1) Reply
      Nah is an American spec Suzuki Grand Vitara. Sorry to disappoint you Punk
  • asking for a friend (08/08/2019, 15:40) Like (4) Dislike (0) Reply
    They still out drinking on a work day?
  • biker (08/08/2019, 16:36) Like (2) Dislike (1) Reply
    The road through Sophie Bay and the steep hill further east is an accident prone area. A few weeks ago a lumber truck lost its entire load while heading up that hill and the scattered lumber blocked the road for hours.


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