Downed tree briefly closes part of Slocum Road
Aug 4, 2015
A large tree fell across Slocum Road and onto power lines Tuesday morning as high winds, rain, and hail whipped through town and across the region.
No injuries were reported, and the tree, which fell across the road from the Country Club of New Bedford side near Route 6, was expected to be cleaned up by about 10:30 a.m.
Dartmouth Police Dispatcher Melissa Raposo said no other major incidents were reported in town.
“That’s the only one. One big tree,” said Raposo.
According to Eversource’s outage map, 81 customers out of 14,393 were without power as of 10 a.m. It is unclear whether the outages were due to the tree having fallen across wires, though no wires appeared to be downed.