An emergency on Kayskaya Hill a concrete pole fell and blocked traffic on the viaduct

This afternoon in Irkutsk strong wind caused several incidents, on Kayskaya Hill a concrete pole fell onto a viaduct and blocked traffic. On other streets wind toppled trees onto a parked car, broke power lines and tangled a broken tree in wires. Traffic police crews are working and specialists from Southern Electric Networks are expected.

This afternoon, April 20, a concrete pole fell onto the viaduct due to the wind and blocked traffic on Kayskaya Hill, a spokesperson for the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Irkutsk Region said.
Two traffic police crews are working at the site where the pole fell, and the arrival of employees of the “Southern Electric Networks” is expected; they are to remove it from the roadway.
According to witnesses of the incident, the wind brought down trees onto a parked car on Gagarin Boulevard and on Donskaya Street; as a result of the tree falling there, power lines were torn down. On Lermontov Street, a tree broken by the wind got tangled in electrical wires.