Garbage Truck Pulls Down Transformers
A Garbage truck emptying a Dumpster in Kissimmee on Friday snagged an overhead power line, pulling three transformers to the ground and causing a power outage.
The Truck was emptying a Dumpster in the alley behind the Kissimmee Korner shopping center, located in the northeast corner of John Young Parkway and U.S. Highway 192, at 6:45 a.m. when the transformers, each weighing 1,160 pounds, were pulled down.
Officials said the incident resulted in a fireball that left all the businesses in the shopping center as well as a nearby Laundromat without power from Kissimmee Utility Authority.
