Approximately 10 minutes after the accident this photo from a neighbor was taken. The corvette was later towed away. CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO SEE MORE PHOTOS

Accident takes out utility pole

One car involved at California and Monroe Streets

By Patrick Robinson
02/06/2010

According to neighbors near the intersection of California Avenue and Monroe Street a black late model Corvette was approaching at approximately 11:30 AM on Saturday Feb. 6 driven by a man with a female passenger and "swerved to avoid hitting a dog" causing the car to leave the road and impact a utility pole on the corner. Also according to witnesses on the scene the driver refused treatment, no word on his passenger.

The utility pole was knocked into the intersection knocking out power to two homes. Seattle City Light crews on the scene as of 5PM were assessing the damage to the connecting pole but did not plan to turn power off. They now plan to auger a new hole, placing a new pole and then transferring the wires to the new support, and finally restoring the power lines to the affected homes.

According to City Light crews on the scene the power should be restored by midnight. The cost of a utility pole is approximately $2500, not including time and labor.

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You are Wrong! The man

Submitted by Guest (not verified) on Tue, 08/17/2010 - 2:19pm.

You are Wrong! The man driving the corvette was going 90 miles an hour down california and hit the pole my mom was in a car with my sister and they were going somewhere and swerved out of the way so they wouldnt get hit he hit the pole and smashed his car there was no other person in the car with him and there was NO DOG!

The facts

Submitted by patr on Tue, 08/17/2010 - 5:19pm.

We reported the facts as provided to us by witnesses on the scene. If you filed a police report please provide the case number so we can update the story with the correct information. Any news agency is only as accurate as the sources that provide the information.