LORAIN — Police expect to charge a Lorain man with failure to control and leaving the scene of an accident after he took down a utility pole and shut down East Erie Avenue on Sunday in Lorain.

Police said Scott Wicker was westbound on East Erie in a white Chevrolet pickup truck when he struck the pole just east of Euclid Avenue about 5:20 p.m.

They arrested him at his home about a mile away on South Jefferson Street after receiving a report of a reckless operator on that street and said it was possible he struck something else.

Police said Wicker told them he ran into a snowbank and then struck the pole. The pole snapped, and live wires covered the street.

Ohio Edison was on the scene a little before 6 p.m., and it was unclear how long the street would be closed.

Police said alcohol may have been a factor in the accident.

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