Montvale Ave. in Stoneham reopens, power restored days after truck takes down utility poles
STONEHAM - Montvale Avenue in Stoneham reopened early Friday morning, two days after a truck pulled down seven utility poles.
Crews worked through the night on repairs after a tractor-trailer snagged a low-hanging wire Wednesday morning. That brought the poles and wires down on top of cars and knocked out power to more than 400 customers.
No one was hurt.
Crews scrambled to make temporary repairs and installed generators so neighbors would have electricity while they worked on the long process of installing new poles and wire.
A hazardous materials team was also called in because two transformers were on the poles and started leaking.
Police asked drivers to avoid the area while the work was being done.
