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Pictures of unlucky - but lucky - driver in University City crash

Traffic was jammed in University City Wednesday, May 13, 2026, in the middle of the University of Pennsylvania's' student move-out day and a downed utility pole.

Traffic is jammed in University City Wednesday - in the middle of UPenn move-out day - after a cement truck struck a wire and pulled a utility pole down on a car (rear) stopped at the traffic light.
Traffic is jammed in University City Wednesday - in the middle of UPenn move-out day - after a cement truck struck a wire and pulled a utility pole down on a car (rear) stopped at the traffic light. Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer

A cement truck hit an overhead wire at 38th & Walnut Streets around 10 a.m, Wednesday, that pulled a utility pole down on a Mercedes stopped at the light. Neither driver was injured and traffic was detoured for hours, causing backups on all the roads in the area.

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