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The single-vehicle crash resulted in the removal of the damaged traffic signal at the intersection of East Mt. Vernon Street and May Street.
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Two utility poles were heavily damaged by a box truck veering off East Mt. Vernon Street early Friday morning.
A rental truck hauling mail crashed into two utility poles near downtown Somerset early Friday morning.
The single-vehicle accident occurred around 4 a.m. on East Mt. Vernon Street between May Street and Grande Avenue.
Somerset Police Captain Mike Correll reported that Jose Rodriguez of Cincinnati, Ohio, was westbound on East Mt. Vernon when he looked away from the road as he approached May and swerved off the street. The chassis cab truck he was driving, which was outfitted with a box-style bed and had been rented from Penske Truck Rental's Cincinnati location, then struck two utility poles.