Watertown Police Department
Main Street in Watertown has been closed due to two downed utility poles, and live wires lying in the road.
{Updated at 12:37 p.m. on May 8, 2018}
Watertown Police have reopened Main Street after two downed utility poles closed the roadway at about 10 a.m. Wednesday.
The wires were taken down by an 18-wheel truck heading westbound on Main Street which snapped wires and pulled the poles down at French Street, according to Watertown Police.
They poles had electrical wires, which remained live when the poles came down. Crews from Eversource and Verizon responded to the scened, and repaired the poles and wires.
Police announced that Main Street has been reopened at about 12:20 p.m., but French Street remains closed.
The downed poles also caused the MBTA to detour the 70 and 70A buses.