A trucking company and a power company are both shirking responsibility after a semi truck took down a low-hanging power line in a Houston neighborhood.
The incident occurred on Detering Street in the Rice Military neighborhood of Houston, Texas, earlier this month.
According to Click2Houston, the semi truck, operating for 6G Transport, drove down Detering Street and struck some low-hanging power lines. The accident caused electrical damage to equipment owned by Centerpoint Energy, and private equipment on multiple homes. Seven homes were left without power for six days as both the trucking company and the power company continued shirking responsibility for the repairs. After nearly a week, the group of homeowners hired a private electrician to make repairs and restore their power, which cost about $20,000…