Line down closes lane of I-44, leaves scores without power near Doolittle

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

More than 250 electric cooperative members in the Doolittle area were without power Tuesday afternoon after a truck snagged power lines in Phelps County.

The truck snagged the lines along Interstate 44, according to a Facebook post from the Doolittle Rural Fire Protection District. The driving lane was closed. The Intercounty Electric Cooperative outage map showed 262 members without power at about 1:45 p.m.

The department said the lines had come down on the truck.

A cooperative spokesman wrote in an email to ABC 17 News that multiple crews were working to restore power. At least one pole and multiple spans needed to be restrung, Jeramy Lee wrote.