GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA — A semi-truck crash in downtown Greenville knocked down power lines and damaged streetlights Thursday evening, shutting down roads near North Church Street and East Washington Street and drawing a large response less than a block from several popular businesses.
Greenville Police Department officers responded to the scene before 6:20 p.m. The driver was cited for improper turn and blocking the roadway. No injuries were reported. Drivers were asked to avoid the area and use alternate routes while crews worked to clear the scene.
Witnesses nearby at Fire Forge described hearing a loud crash. “One huge loud bang and shaking of the lights when I looked over there,” one witness said. “When we looked over, we saw a crooked street sign and the top of a semi kind of tilted sideways.” A man who had just arrived in Greenville with his fiancée ahead of their Friday wedding described the sound as “like one of these large roller doors coming down. There hasn’t been anything quite like this.”
The investigation remains ongoing.
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