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Know how to survive if power lines come down on a car

When power lines fell upon the car of 16 year-old Jessi Creasey and her sister, they knew how to stay safe. “They did exactly what they were supposed to do and that was stay in the car until help arrived,” said their mother.
The harrowing mishap in August 2010 occurred on a Bloomington, IL, city street, where the teens were following a truck with an oversized load. A support vehicle accompanying the truck apparently snagged the overhead electric wires, which fell onto the car carrying the Creasey sisters. The girls waited inside until utility linemen de-energized the wires, before getting out of the car.  Read full story...

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811, Know What's Below, Call Before You Dig! - Call 811 before every digging job – even small projects like planting trees or shrubs. If you hit an underground utility line while digging, you can harm yourself or those around you, disrupt service to an entire neighborhood and potentially be responsible for fines and repair costs.