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Random tree fall takes out power lines
1,600 customers were out of service
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Jackson EMC makes repairs to lines across Roy Parks Road.
Jackson Electric Membership Corp. crews spent Tuesday installing new poles in southeast Hall County after a tree toppled early in the morning and knocked out service for 1,600-plus customers. The tree brought down three double-circuit poles, and “a transformer from one (of them) fell onto the road and ruptured,” Jackson EMC spokeswoman Bonnie Jones said. “Power lines were lying on the road,” she said.