A lobster-themed monster truck performing for spectators in Maine clipped an aerial power line, toppling several utility poles and sending two people to hospitals, police said. Others suffered minor injuries.Watch video of the incident in the player above.The Topsham Fairgrounds was hosting the monster truck event on Saturday when a vehicle dubbed the Crushstation bounced up a ramp, went airborne and hit the power line.
Video above shows people scrambling as the snagged line triggered a cascade of events with several utility poles and a transformer falling near the grandstands, with live wires on the ground.Mike Hersom said he was standing by the track with his son when the incident happened. 'Everything happened so fast. The transformer came down literally within feet of us. I quickly picked up, grabbed him, walked out of the way, but it all happened so fast,' Hersom told sister station WMTW.
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