My story is more bang in the day. I was settling down to watch an F1 race I'd Tivo'd and heard a loud couple bangs, as though someone went too fast over a speed bump towing a trailer. I turned my attention out the window to see what it was, and I saw our power lines snap straight, then slacken, then drop to the ground!
Some yayhoo who lives up the street apparently drove straight instead of following the slight bend in the road. Mowed over my neighbor's mailbox, then straight into the wooden pole that terminated the power, cable, and telephone lines on our street.
I ran outside to see if anyone was hurt and got there just as the guy, dazed, started getting out of his car. I took him away from the power lines and tried to assess his condition, which wasn't too bad really. He was then very anxious to retrieve his cell phone from the car. I told him no way are you getting near that car again, partly because I was worried about the downed power lines but also because I suspected the phone would be on the texting screen with half a message typed. If that were the result of texting and driving, I wanted the cops to make that connection.
I don't know what ever became of the guy, if he was ticketed, anything.
