CHICAGO (CBS) — Crews on Chicago’s Southwest Side were cleaning up a real mess in an alley Sunday afternoon. A distracted driver knocked out power to 220 people in the West Lawn neighborhood after crashing into three electrical poles.
Police say Saturday in the 6100 block of South Kolin, a 51-year-old man was driving northbound when something inside of the car distracted him.
Crews worked all Sunday to clean the mess.
“I couldn’t imagine that one car could do all this damage,” said Marco Venebra Sr.
Video from the Citizen App shows the SUV drive through the poles and trash cans and even hit garages.
“I saw all the disaster. I can’t believe it,” said Venebra Sr.
His son, Marco Venebra Jr., says he was home with his dad when he saw an explosion from the transformer.
“I heard it and then I saw the pole fall,” he said.
They took pictures of the aftermath showing snapped poles, trash cans scattered, and the SUV that crashed.