Vine-Old Furnace Repairs Hit $10K
Raised Dump Truck Bed Led To Outages, Road Closure
Posted: March 2, 2013
HARRISONBURG — The city and Harrisonburg Electric Commission will end up spending at least $10,000 making repairs at an intersection that was damaged this week.
The intersection of Vine Street and Old Furnace Road, as well as the surrounding area, closed Wednesday morning after the raised bed of a Superior Concrete dump truck snapped power lines and pulled down a utility pole.
City crews left the scene around 10 p.m. Wednesday, about 14 hours after the incident occurred, spokeswoman Mary-Hope Vass said.
The intersection reopened about 9 a.m. Thursday.
Harrisonburg Public Works Department incurred an estimated cost of $3,645 in damage to city infrastructure, Vass said.
The expense to HEC for repairs to utility lines at the scene will be between $6,000 and $8,000, General Manager Brian O’Dell said.
The commission reported 1,300 outages shortly after the incident, most of which were restored within 45 minutes. Power was back on to all customers by noon Wednesday, and HEC crews were finished by about 12:30 p.m. that day, O’Dell said.
Lines belonging to Verizon also were downed, affecting about 180 customers of the telecommunications company.
The dump truck’s driver, Dorman Mongold, 64, of Fulks Run, was charged with reckless driving, failure to secure a load and defective equipment.
Tony Wilt, president and general manager of Superior Concrete, said after the incident on Wednesday that the company would be liable for the damage.
No injuries were reported, though three vehicles were damaged by falling debris and one person was transported to Rockingham Memorial Hospital as a precaution.
Contact Preston Knight at 574-6272 or pknight@dnronline.com
The intersection of Vine Street and Old Furnace Road, as well as the surrounding area, closed Wednesday morning after the raised bed of a Superior Concrete dump truck snapped power lines and pulled down a utility pole.
City crews left the scene around 10 p.m. Wednesday, about 14 hours after the incident occurred, spokeswoman Mary-Hope Vass said.
The intersection reopened about 9 a.m. Thursday.
Harrisonburg Public Works Department incurred an estimated cost of $3,645 in damage to city infrastructure, Vass said.
The expense to HEC for repairs to utility lines at the scene will be between $6,000 and $8,000, General Manager Brian O’Dell said.
The commission reported 1,300 outages shortly after the incident, most of which were restored within 45 minutes. Power was back on to all customers by noon Wednesday, and HEC crews were finished by about 12:30 p.m. that day, O’Dell said.
Lines belonging to Verizon also were downed, affecting about 180 customers of the telecommunications company.
The dump truck’s driver, Dorman Mongold, 64, of Fulks Run, was charged with reckless driving, failure to secure a load and defective equipment.
Tony Wilt, president and general manager of Superior Concrete, said after the incident on Wednesday that the company would be liable for the damage.
No injuries were reported, though three vehicles were damaged by falling debris and one person was transported to Rockingham Memorial Hospital as a precaution.
Contact Preston Knight at 574-6272 or pknight@dnronline.com