utility pole

noun

: a tall wooden pole that is used to support telephone wires, electrical wires, etc.

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Officers discovered that a vehicle driving west on Wagner had gone out of control after turning south on State College, striking pedestrians and a utility pole, said Jon McClintock, public information officer for the police department. —Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024

The Malibu then left the road and hit a utility pole. —Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 12 Feb. 2024

Nairobi, a black male cat, found its way to the top of a utility pole in the Riverwest neighborhood, leading to nearby residents rallying to get it some help. —Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2024

One person was killed and two others were injured after a 14-year-old driver lost control of a speeding car and slammed into a utility pole in Encino early Tuesday morning, Los Angeles police said. —Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2024

Hooker was driving a minivan on Lemon Grove Avenue just after 5:30 p.m. when the vehicle slammed into concrete debris in the roadway, went up an embankment, hit a utility pole and flipped. —Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Jan. 2024

Officers responded shortly after 9 a.m. Saturday to the area of Shady Side Road and Halie Parkway, where a 2017 Nissan Rogue had crashed into a utility pole, police said in a Sunday news release. —Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 14 Jan. 2024

Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories Eventually, PPL Electric Utilities sent an employee to shut off the power and pull the cat from the utility pole. —Michael Lee Simpson, Peoplemag, 16 Oct. 2023

When hung on a utility pole, fiber optic cables can be used as a sensor to detect changes in temperature, vibrations, and very loud noises. —Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 30 Nov. 2023