12:00 P.M. WEDNESDAY JUNE 20: Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative Representatives says the delivery truck hit a cable line, which ended up breaking the utility pole causing wires to fall down.

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State troopers, repair vehicles, traffic backed up, no power - pretty much sums up the site of Route 50 in Frederick County for most of Tuesday evening.

"I got home about 2:15 p.m. and the traffic was backed up. I had to pull on the side of the road because there were electrical wires across the highway," said Gail Paul.

Gail Paul lives right near the utility pole that was split in two. She says wires were ripped from her home.

"When I got into the house I saw there wasn't any electric so I figured somebody hit the pole and cut it in half," said Paul.

A nearby resident tells me that a delivery truck pulled into a nearby gas station like normal to do a delivery, but as it was exiting, it took these power lines with it.

"State troopers, traffic backed up, no electricity so I just decided to come out on the porch and watch," said Peggy Sue LaFollette.

Peggy Sue and her husband, Beverley, were one of about 20 Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative members who lost power. SVEC representatives say, how all this happened, will be further investigated.

"Temperatures can cause lines to sag or contract depending on the conditions. Wind can also play a big factor in that. National electric safety code standards are extremely strict as it pertains to those tolerances and of course the gauge of the line all of these things are taken into account from an engineering perspective," said SVEC Manager of External Affairs Mike Aulgur.

Again, how these wires ended up coming down is still under investigation.

Power was restored to SVEC members a little before seven Tuesday evening.

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