{"id":452821,"date":"2026-09-04T02:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T02:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/452821\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T02:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T02:16:10","slug":"truck-owned-by-fresno-homeless-shelter-strikes-power-pole-while-avoiding-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/452821\/","title":{"rendered":"Truck owned by Fresno homeless shelter strikes power pole while avoiding car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_1693.jpg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"A truck owned by Poverello House struck a power pole Thursday while swerving to avoid another car, Fresno police said.\" alt=\"A truck owned by Poverello House struck a power pole Thursday while swerving to avoid another car, Fresno police said.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        A truck owned by Poverello House struck a power pole Thursday while swerving to avoid another car, Fresno police said.<\/p>\n<p>            Nick Fenley<\/p>\n<p>A truck owned by a local homeless shelter was involved in a crash Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Fresno police Sgt. Diana Trueba Vega said the crash involved a truck owned by Poverello House, a homeless shelter in Fresno.<\/p>\n<p>The truck was traveling west on Shields Avenue while hauling a trailer owned by the city when another vehicle traveling east suddenly turned in front of the truck, Trueba Vega said.<\/p>\n<p>The truck swerved to avoid the other car, crashing into a power pole around 1:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>A woman was taken to a hospital for a possible broken ankle.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/307508201\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788488170_230_IMG_4053.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Nick Fenley\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/307508201\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Fenley<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Fresno Bee<\/p>\n<p>            Nick Fenley is a reporter covering education, lawsuits, breaking news and more for The Fresno Bee. He\u2019s originally from the Imperial Valley and joined The Bee in 2025.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A truck owned by Poverello House struck a power pole Thursday while swerving to avoid another car, Fresno&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":452822,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-452821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=452821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/452822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}