TV News Van Makes news by Hitting Powerline and Exploding

Two Atlanta television reporters for WSB TV survived a scary explosion yesterday.  While leaving a live remote from The Fulton County Jail in Atlanta they forget to lower the pole that lifts equipment on the roof of the truck and hit a powerline.

Stating the obvious, "The mast is supposed to be lowered when the vehicle is in motion", according to WSB-TV.com.  The mast hit a Georgia Power high voltage line coming from a substation across the street carrying 115,000 volts of electricity.

The impact ofthe blast caused a brief, loud explosion, destroyed the truck and also left a large crater under the vehicle.

I know it was a slow news night, but manufacturing a story like this is going to far even for WSB TV.