Vehicle slams into electrical pole, cutting it in half @ Sophie Bay
![Traffic along the Blackburn Highway has been impeded due to the accident at Sophie Bay today, August 8, 2019. Photo: Team of Reporters](https://www.virginislandsnewsonline.com/cache/images/350x_i_IMG20190808WA0024.jpg)
![Traffic along the Blackburn Highway has been impeded due to the accident at Sophie Bay today, August 8, 2019. Photo: Team of Reporters](https://www.virginislandsnewsonline.com/cache/images/350x_i_IMG20190808WA0023.jpg)
The pole, with live wires, also reportedly struck another vehicle, damaging its window screen.
The incident took place sometime around 12:00pm.
It is unclear how the SUV ended up hitting the pole at the side of the road.
No reports of injuries have reached our newsroom; however, ambulance and the Virgin Islands Fire and Rescue have been summoned to the scene.
Traffic has been backed up as a result of the road being made impassable.
More details to follow.
Only on Monday, August 5, 2019 a young man lost his life after the vehicle he was in ploughed into a guard rail at Fahie Hill, Tortola.
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