Downed telephone line closes U.S. 19 in Tarpon Springs

TARPON SPRINGS -- Police are rerouting traffic around a downed telephone line lying partially across U.S. 19 at Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.

A large vehicle pulled down the wire, but no one was hurt, according to Tarpon Springs Fire Rescue Division Chief Don Sayre.

A crew from Verizon is working on the line now, and the highway is expected to be open soon, police said.

- Times staff writer