Traffic snarled

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A tractor-trailer

carrying a modular home unit pulled down power and utility lines Wednesday

afternoon, snarling rush-hour traffic on Ga. Highway 54 near the intersection

of Ga. Hwy. 85.

The downed

power, telephone and cable lines crossed four lanes of traffic, said Lt.

Beverly Trainor of the Fayetteville Police Department. The lines were

caught by the top of the trailer as the truck neared Sharon Drive around

3:15 p.m., she said.

Fayetteville

police were assisted by Fayette County sheriff's deputies in routing rush-hour

traffic around the location as Hwy. 54 was blocked off from Sharon Drive

to Gingercake Road, Trainor added.

The area remained

blocked off well into the night, beyond 10 p.m., Trainor said. The lengthy

delay was because each utility company had to work separately to perform

the repairs, with Georgia Power going first.

No injuries

were reported, Trainor said.

The county

marshal's office also assisted with the Fayetteville fire department and

the city's public works department.

It was not

clear at press time whether charges had been filed against the truck's

driver.