Crime & Safety

Vehicle Strikes Pole, Live Wires Hit Ground in Early Morning Accident

A vehicle struck a pole on North Country Road early Friday morning leaving live wires on the ground.

A car collided with a telephone pole on North Country Road in the early hours of Friday morning, according to the Suffolk County Police Department Fourth Precinct.

According to police, a car struck a pole on North Country Road at Howell Drive at 12:16 a.m., leaving live wires lying across the road and the struck pole on top of the vehicle. Police also said LIPA was requested to the scene.

The make and model of the vehicle and possible injuries were not released at time of publication. Smithtown Patch will have more details on this as the story develops.

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