A container lorry carrying incense products reportedly damaged an overhead electricity line near Kaveripattu, close to Jolarpettai in Tamil Nadu’s Tirupattur district, triggering a power outage and narrowly avoiding a major electrical accident.
According to Dinamalar, the incident occurred when the lorry was leaving a private incense-manufacturing company in the Kaveripattu area after being loaded with products for transport to Tamil Nadu and other states. The vehicle reportedly brushed against an electricity wire crossing the road.
The contact caused the electrical wires to snap and fall. Power was cut immediately, which prevented electricity from flowing through the lorry and helped avert a potentially serious accident, the report said. No injuries or deaths were reported in the supplied account.
The incident also briefly disrupted electricity supply in the surrounding area. The interruption followed the automatic or immediate shutdown of power after the wires fell, although the supplied report does not identify the number of affected consumers or the precise extent of the outage.
Electricity department workers reached the location after receiving information about the damaged line. They worked for about three hours to repair the wire and restore the power supply, according to the report.
The incident highlights the safety risks that can arise where heavy commercial vehicles operate on roads crossed by overhead electrical lines. The source report does not state the height of the wire, whether the lorry exceeded a permitted vehicle height, or whether any prior complaint had been made about the road crossing. It also does not specify whether the line was part of a local distribution network or identify the electricity department unit responsible for the repair.
The power supply was restored after the repair work, with no further operational details provided in the report.
