High-speed Gainesville collision injures 2

Two people were injured in a high-speed collision on E. University Avenue and SE 43rd Street on Sunday.
Two people were injured in a high-speed collision on E. University Avenue and SE 43rd Street on Sunday.
Courtesy of Alachua County Fire Rescue
A car crashed into a wooden power poll at E. University Avenue and SE 43rd Street on Sunday.
Courtesy of Alachua County Fire Rescue A car crashed into a wooden power pole at E. University Avenue and SE 43rd Street on Sunday.

A two-vehicle high-speed collision injured two people at the intersection of E. University Avenue and SE 43rd Street on Sunday.

According to an Alachua County Fire Rescue (ACFR) release, units responded to the crash at 1:59 p.m.

Upon arrival, ACFR personnel found one vehicle that struck a wooden power pole that broke into three pieces with the bottom portion of the pole on the ground.

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Emergency responders transported both patients to local hospitals.

Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU) dispatched six lineworkers/apprentices, one operator, one line locator and one materials specialist to the scene, according to a GRU email release.

The GRU crew found the power pole snapped in three places. They replaced the 55-foot pole and the transformer required additional repairs. A 25kVA overhead transformer was replaced.

While repairs were being made, 593 customers lost power with 54 customers without power for 9 minutes, 11 seconds; 528 without for four hours, 27 minutes; nine customers without for five hours, 32 minutes; and two customers without seven hours, 27 minutes.

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Local east side resident

Racing on public streets should severely penalize the driver/owner with license and car taken away permanently. And fines and jail time.

Local Eastside resident also

They wasn’t racing just speeding and not paying attention.

Local resident

my friend died in this accident. she was not wearing a seatbelt, but they were not speeding. a car swerved towards them and they tried to dodge but they ran into the pole. the swerving car drove away.

Local resident

my friend died in this accident. she was not wearing a seatbelt, but they were not speeding. a car swerved towards them and they tried to dodge but they ran into the pole. the swerving car drove away.