Truck hits electric pole, triggering outage in Pirojpur
Friday, 29 July 2022
The entire district of Pirojpur has been hit by a power outage after a truck crashed into an electric utility pole for the Pirojpur-Bagerhat circuit line.
The incident occurred in the Daskhali area in Bagerhat's Morrelganj Upazila around 3 am on Thursday, said Mrinal Kanti Boral, an executive engineer at West Zone Power Distribution Company Ltd, Pirojpur, reports bdnews24.com.
"A Mathbaria-bound truck laden with rice veered out of control and slammed into the electricity pole, leaving Pirojpur in the dark."