UPDATE: US 50 Down To One Lane After Truck Hits Power Line

Tuesday, October 16, 2018 at 8:14 AM

By Mike Perleberg @mikedup84

UPDATE: Police have reopened one lane of U.S. 50 in the construction zone west of Aurora.

Update published at 9:37 a.m.:

One lane of U.S. 50 has reopened at the accident scene, located between Marsh Road and Lower Dillsboro Road. Police are allowing traffic on the highway to alternate one direction at a time until the second lane can reopen.

U.S. 50 is a construction zone in that area, with both directions of travel restricted to one lane each on the normally westbound side.

Original story published at 8:14 a.m.:

(Aurora, Ind.) - A dump truck has ripped down power lines, closing U.S. 50 in Aurora Tuesday morning.

The scene is on U.S. 50 between Marsh Road and Lower Dillsboro Road, in the area of the former Aurora Casket plant. Dearborn County Dispatch reports that the dump truck somehow contacted the overhead power lines across the highway just before 8:00 a.m.

The dump truck pulled on the lines, bringing them down across the highway. Electric lines were separated from two nearby homes. A utility pole was also damaged. Nobody was injured, dispatchers said.

U.S. 50 is closed in both directions. Dispatchers said it may be a few hours until the highway can reopen.

Police are redirecting U.S. 50 traffic onto Lower Dillsboro Road.