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Multiple Areas of County Without Power Tuesday
Morning
Published: April 19, 2022 at
09:00 a.m. Updated: 11:25 a.m.
By: Nick Altmire
There are
multiple reports of trees and wires down this morning as
a result of the heavy wet snow. National Grid shows 2,910 customers in Lewis County currently
without power as of 9:00 a.m. (At 5:30 a.m. this number was around 600).
As of 9 AM,
outages by town are as follows:
Croghan- 382;
Greig- 267; Lewis- 212; Leyden- 152; Lyonsdale-
480; Martinsburg- 46; New Bremen- 39; Osceola- 282; Village of Port Leyden-
327; Turin- 47; Watson- 640; West Turin- 128
Lowville Fire is
currently (8:50 a.m.) out on the Erie Canal Rd. near Stony Lake Rd. with a
South Lewis school bus that is completely across the roadway and stuck. No
injuries are reported. Crews are working on a solution to remove the bus
from the roadway. Lowville Fire has also been dispatched to a reported
tractor-trailer rollover accident on State Route 177, about a mile up from
the State Route 12 intersection.
Road Closure:
Lowville, Martinsburg, and Copenhagen fire units have been dispatched to
State Route 177, about a mile up from the Route 12 intersection, for a
reported tractor-trailer rollover accident. The driver is reported to be
trapped in the vehicle. State Route 177 is currently closed between State
Route 12 and County Route 194.
Update 9:18 a.m.:
The driver is reported to be out of the vehicle at this time. Groff's have
been requested to the scene to remove the vehicle from the roadway.
Update 09:15 AM:
A second South Lewis bus has arrived on scene at Erie Canal Rd. to pick up
and transport the children from the disabled bus. Glenfield fire has now
been dispatched to Steam Mill Rd. to assist in removing a tree from the
roadway blocking another South Lewis school bus.
Update 9:35 a.m.:
Lowville Fire has just reported that the bus has been removed from the
roadway in the Erie Canal Rd. incident. Glenfield Fire has also just
reported that the tree blocking the bus on Steam Mill Rd. has been cleared.
Update 11:25
a.m.: Lowville Fire reports that the tractor-trailer has been removed from
the roadway and State Route 177 has just reopened to traffic.
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