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Semi-Truck Downs Three Utility Poles on U.S. 1 in Aberdeen — Who Is Liable When a Commercial Truck Meets Low-Hanging Power Lines You are reading this because a semi-truck pulled a left turn into the DMV parking lot on U.S. 1 in Aberdeen and caught power lines that should not have been that low — or a driver who should have known the lines were there. Three utility poles came down. Two snapped in half. U.S. 1 shut down between Poindexter Road and Roseland Road. Aberdeen Fire, Aberdeen Police, and Duke Energy all responded. The truck driver walked away unharmed, and no civilian injuries made the news. But here is what we know from doing this work: “no injuries reported” in the first hours is not the same as “no one was hurt.” A motorist swerving to avoid a falling pole may not feel the neck injury until tomorrow. A business that lost power for hours may not know yet what that cost them. A pedestrian who nearly touched a live wire may be shaken in ways that surface later. And if you are a business owner on that corridor, a homeowner whose appliances fried when the power surged, or…