City refused to pay when rusty light pole fell on Bucktown woman’s car

On September 28, 2025, just before 11:10 p.m., a bright light flashed in Chicago’s Bucktown neighborhood at the very moment a rusty 300-pound light pole snapped and landed on a woman’s car. Ring camera video captured the whole thing.

The next morning, Kyra Puetz went outside and found the damage.

She first saw big dents on the driver’s side of her car…

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