Crime & Safety
Crash Causes East Main Road Closure, Power Outages
The road closure is causing bottlenecked traffic on East Main Street downtown.

East Main Street in downtown Lexington is closed between North Lake Drive and Harmon Street after a tractor-trailer hit utility poles in the area Wednesday afternoon, according to WIS-TV.Β
The wreck happened around 1:30 p.m., the TV station reported. Police are directing traffic.Β
About 58 SCE&G customers are out of power, according to the power company's outage map, but crews should have the power back on by 3:30 p.m.
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