{"id":281344,"date":"2026-06-29T17:48:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T17:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/281344\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T17:48:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T17:48:17","slug":"news-12-bronx-tilted-utility-pole-sparks-safety-concerns-in-westchester-square-coned-crews-on-scene-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/281344\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Bronx | Tilted Utility Pole Sparks Safety Concerns In Westchester Square Coned Crews On Scene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">A utility pole is seen sparking after being struck on Blondell Avenue in Westchester Square early Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Surveillance video shows a tractor trailer coming down the road just after 3 a.m., where it appears to have hit the pole, causing sparks to fly, downed power lines, and safety concerns for residents. <\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">As of 9:45 a.m., crews have been on scene to keep the area safe and make necessary repairs, according to a ConEd spokesperson. <\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The pole is stuck in a tilted position as a result of the incident and has been taped off due to safety concerns.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-rich-text-asset-image=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Image__2_.jpg\" alt=\"Image__2_.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Stay with News12 as this is a developing story. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A utility pole is seen sparking after being struck on Blondell Avenue in Westchester Square early Monday morning.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281157,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-281344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}