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UPDATE: Campus Loses Power After Vehicle Strikes Utility Pole On Tuckahoe Road

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A car ran into a utility pole in the vicinity of Tuckahoe Road and County Road 39 on Thursday afternoon. BRANDON B. QUINN

A car ran into a utility pole in the vicinity of Tuckahoe Road and County Road 39 on Thursday afternoon. BRANDON B. QUINN

Some Tuckahoe residents and the entire Stony Brook Southampton College campus lost power after a minivan struck a utility pole on Tuckahoe Road. BRANDON B. QUINN

Some Tuckahoe residents and the entire Stony Brook Southampton College campus lost power after a minivan struck a utility pole on Tuckahoe Road. BRANDON B. QUINN

Some Tuckahoe residents and the entire Stony Brook Southampton College campus lost power after a minivan struck a utility pole on Tuckahoe Road. BRANDON B. QUINN

Some Tuckahoe residents and the entire Stony Brook Southampton College campus lost power after a minivan struck a utility pole on Tuckahoe Road. BRANDON B. QUINN

authorBrandon B. Quinn on Jan 16, 2014
Update, Friday, 11 a.m. According to the Stony Brook Southampton University Police, the cause of the accident on Tuckahoe Road early yesterday evening is still under investigation, and no charges... more

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