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More than 50 vehicles have hit utility poles in Valdivia this year, with numbers rising

From BioBioChile · () Spanish

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  • Valdivia has recorded more than 50 vehicle collisions with electrical poles this year.
  • SAESA said the Los Rรญos region registers more than 200 such incidents annually.
  • The crashes damage infrastructure and cause power interruptions.

More than 50 vehicles have crashed into electrical poles in Valdivia this year, and the number of incidents is rising.

The situation has become recurrent in the capital of Chileโ€™s Los Rรญos region. Collisions damage the electricity infrastructure and also lead to service interruptions.

SAESA reported that the wider region records more than 200 crashes involving electrical poles each year.

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Originally published by BioBioChile in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.