Chapel Hill dump truck driver causes 1,300 to lose power; gets arrested for reckless driving
WAKE COUNTY (WTVD) -- More than 1,300 people in Apex are without power due to downed power lines across US-64.
It happened around 9:30 a.m. after a dump truck hit a power pole near Jenks Road, causing the lines to drop.
According to police, Ashuntee Baker, 34, of Chapel Hill, failed to lower the dump bed from a previous stop, causing the bed to strike the power lines and pull them down.
The road was closed until the early evening.
Baker was charged with reckless driving and no operator's license.
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