A local man escaped serious injury despite cutting a utility pole in two with his vehicle Friday morning. Darrell Pack, 53, refused treatment by EMS after the crash on Braswell Lane, according to Captain Steven Leffew of the Smithville Police Department. Leffew told the Review that Pack was traveling east in a 2010 Nissan Altima when he failed to negotiate a curve.
Pack escapes injury after taking down utility pole