Farmer Pulls Down Power Lines in Grape Creek

A farm tractor pulling a cotton module builder pulled down the power line on Grape Creek Road Sunday evening.

Just after 5 p.m., Tom Green County Sheriff’s Deputies, Grape Creek VFD, and the Texas DPS responded to a call about a downed power line.

The tractor/module builder was parked near one downed power pole at the intersection of Grape Creek Road and Whippoorwill Way early Sunday evening as DPS investigated the scene.

Witnesses at the scene said that more than one pole was affected by the crash, as other poles were pulled downward as a result of the tension of the power lines from the first affected pole.

Grape Creek Road is closed to through traffic until the power lines are fixed.

AEP electric crews arrived to fix the power lines. AEP outages are affecting 125 electric meters in the area. Verizon landline phone service should be unaffected, as authorities working the scene said that the phone lines are underground.

There were no injuries and no citations were issued in the early stages of the investigation.