Crash on Watt Avenue near I-80 damages power pole in Sacramento County
MAKE THEIR WAY FROM PARK TO DOWNTOWN. WE BEGIN THIS NOON HOUR BREAKING NEWS IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY. LIVE PICTURES FROM WHAT AVENUE AND EDISON NEAR I-80, NOT FAR FROM ARCADE MIDDLE SCHOOL. YOU CAN SEE IT AT THE INTERSECTION THERE ON THE CORNER. CREWS ARE AT THE SCENE OF A CRASH, AND YOU CAN SEE SOME KIND OF POLE KIND OF LEANING ON ITS SIDE THERE. SMUD IS ALSO ON THE SCENE ASSESSING A POWER POLE THAT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN HIT, SO YOU CAN SEE IT AT A DIAGONAL THERE, AND YOU CAN SEE ONE PERSON IN THAT BASKET. IT LOOKS LIKE THEY’RE GOING TO LIFT THAT PERSON UP IN THE BASKET. WE’VE NOTICED TRAFFIC LIGHTS IN THE AREA ARE FLASHING RED. SO THAT’S EDISON THAT YOU SEE IN THE DISTANCE. AND YOU CAN SEE THE THE RED LIGHTS FLASHING BACK AND FORTH. WE’RE RIGHT. LIVE ALONG WATT AVENUE. SO THIS IS HAVING A TRAFFIC IMPACT ON THE TRAFFIC IN THE AREA. THIS IS A VERY BUSY INTERSECTION. AS YOU ARE APPROACHING INTERSTATE 80. VERY BUSY INTERSECTION IN THIS AREA OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY. AND THESE LIVE PICTURES YOU CAN SEE CHP IS ALSO BLOCKED OFF PART OF THE ROAD. SO WE DON’T KNOW WHAT TYPE OF CRASH HAPPENED OR HOW THAT AFFECTED THE POWER POLE. BUT WE CAN SEE THAT POLE LEANING TO THE RIGHT THERE. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT PERSON IN THAT WORK BASKET WHERE THEY’VE LIFTED THEM UP. AND SO THE LIGHTS ARE JUST FLASHING RIGHT NOW. AND IN THAT CASE, YOU JUST HANDLE IT AS A STOP SIGN. IT LOOKS LIKE PEOPLE ARE DOING A GOOD JOB, BUT EVEN PART OF WHAT AVENUE YOU CAN SEE IN THE DIRECTION HEADED TOWARDS I-80 THAT’S BLOCKED OFF. SO THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE EDISON AND MAYBE GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO FULTON OR GET OVER TO MARCONI AND THEN GET ON 80 THAT WAY. SO THIS IS WHAT AVENUE AND YOU CAN SEE IT’S BLOCKED OFF ALL THE WAY. THAT’S AUBURN BOULEVARD THAT YOU’RE SEEING DOWN THERE WHERE THAT ARCO STATION IS. SO THEY’VE GOT IT BLOCKED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS OF WATT AVENUE. SO IT LOOKS LIKE THEY’RE PROBABLY MAKING A LEFT ON EDISON. THEN GOING BACK UP AND THEN COMING BACK DOWN AUBURN TO GET ONTO I-80. SO THERE’S A BIT OF A DETOUR THAT’S GOING TO TAKE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA TIME. TRY TO AVOID THI
Crash on Watt Avenue near I-80 damages power pole in Sacramento County
Updated: 12:11 PM PST Dec 16, 2025
Crews are responding to a vehicle collision on Watt Avenue in Sacramento County on Tuesday that damaged a power pole.The crash was reported after 9:30 a.m. south of Interstate 80 near Edison Avenue, according to California Highway Patrol online logs. Details on the collision and possible injuries were not released. See our online traffic map for the latest on road conditions.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel
ARDEN-ARCADE, Calif. —
Crews are responding to a vehicle collision on Watt Avenue in Sacramento County on Tuesday that damaged a power pole.
The crash was reported after 9:30 a.m. south of Interstate 80 near Edison Avenue, according to California Highway Patrol online logs.
Details on the collision and possible injuries were not released.
See our online traffic map for the latest on road conditions.
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