ATLANTA — With temperatures falling below freezing across the area, Severe Weathr Team 2 is warning the community to watch out for black ice on area roadways. Temperatures are expected to be in the 20s Saturday and there's a possibility of snow next week.
Channel 2 Action News learned a utility pole was left leaning Friday after a Jeep slid on ice around 6:30 a.m. It slammed into the pole on Marietta Boulevard near Plymouth Road.
The black ice has now melted, but it caused a lot of problems for drivers.
"When I left last night, I saw water on the road. I knew that today was going to be a colder day, so I knew there was going to be a problem somewhere," business owner Neil Zucker told Channel 2's Lauren Pozen.
But what Zucker didn't expect is for the problem to be right in front of his business.
“We saw that the electrical pole was down, saw a car that was open,” Zucker said.
Police said after the Jeep slammed into the pole, one of the power lines then hit an incoming MARTA bus, knocking the mirrors off it.
Passengers were on board, but police said no one was hurt.
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"This is a busy industrial area here so we do have a lot of traffic between the hours of 7 to 9 a.m.," said Sgt. Barry Gardner, with the Atlanta Police Department.
Marietta Boulevard and Plymouth Road were closed as Georgia Power crews worked to fix the power pole. This impacted people who work in the area and customers, too.
Pozen saw several people having to walk to businesses because they were not able to drive their car down.
Zucker said it's business as usual for his staff.
"We have power. We have phone. Everything is working, so we are able to continue our business," Zucker said. "If it is not this crisis, it's another crisis. It is nothing more than another chicken day in paradise."
We're using powerful weather technology to accurately predict what the weather will be in your area this weekend, on Channel 2 Action News.
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