Truck breaks pole

Traffic and electricity were disrupted for several hours in Eastman at the intersection of 5th Avenue and Oak Street on August 6 after a loaded 18-wheel log truck caught a power line stretched across the roadway and pulled down a power pole. According to the Georgia State Patrol report, Casey Joe Lochart, age 45, of Eastman was driving the log truck west on 5th Avenue at the intersection of Oak Street when the logs on the trailer struck power lines and broke a power pole off at the ground. The accident happened at approximately 5:35 p.m. (Photo by Cindy Eckles)