Bennet, Neb. (KLKN) — A truck crash knocked out power to the town of Bennet on Friday, causing Bennet Elementary School to dismiss students early on an already hot afternoon.
A one-ton pickup left the roadway and struck a power pole a few miles south of Bennet Friday morning, according to Nebraska City Utilities.
“We had a one-ton pickup truck leave the roadway and take out one of our west-line poles that currently feeds Bennett,” Nebraska City Utilities’ Stuart Abbott said…