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Maryland man charged with DUI after truck hits utility pole

By The Associated Press

CUMBERLAND, Md. — A Maryland man was charged with driving under the influence after his pickup truck struck a utility pole and caused a widespread power outage in a Cumberland neighborhood.

The Cumberland Times-News reports that more than 1,500 Potomac Edison customers in Cumberland’s South End were left without electricity following the Sunday evening accident.

Police said the driver’s truck hit and broke a utility pole and also struck two parked cars in a business parking lot as heavy snow fell around the city. He was not injured.

2 barges break free in flooding, float down the Potomac

By The Associated Press
Two construction barges broke free from their moorings amid flooding on the Potomac River over the weekend and floated miles downstream before being snagged by underwater materials, a National Park Service official said. The larger barge carrying an excavator and other equipment got loose Saturday night but didn’t travel far initially, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park spokesperson Christiana Hanson said.
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