Single-vehicle accident takes out power to Dubois residents

A truck struck a utility pole along Dubois-Cuzco Road and knocked out power for Dubois-area residents early Sunday morning.

According to the sheriff’s department, Cheri Pieper, 41, of Vine Street, Dubois, was eastbound on Dubois-Cuzco Road at about 1:15 a.m. in a 1997 Chevrolet truck when the truck went off the right side of the road. The truck struck the utility pole, snapping it off, before continuing through a yard and then returning to the roadway. The truck crossed the road and continued off road into a field before stopping.

Pieper was not injured in the accident and the truck was considered a total loss. The cost to replace the utility pole was not known.

Deputies were assisted by Dubois Rural Electric Co-op and a Dubois Volunteer Fire Department unit.