Thursday, April 16, 2020

No Injuries Reported After Woman Hits Utility Pole in Ashland

A woman walked away unharmed after she crashed her vehicle into a utility pole in a side street in Ashland late Thursday.


Just after 9:00pm, Thursday, emergency personnel in Ashland were dispatched to motor vehicle accident with possible entrapment in the area of 1338 Walnut Street.

Ashland Police Officer Daniel Weikel was first on the scene and was able to get the woman out of her vehicle.

According to Weikel, the woman was travelling down a narrow 14th Street between Spruce Street and Walnut Street when she struck the utility pole, snapping it half.

The woman was checked out by Ashland EMS and was not injured.

Also responding to the scene was the American Hose Company and the Washington Fire Company and Rescue.


A&F Towing towed the vehicle from the scene.