Accident Sends Light Pole Across Highway 50 In Yankton

Accident Sends Light Pole Across Highway 50 In Yankton

No injuries were reported after a Yankton trucker took out a light pole near Stockmans.

According to Yankton Police Chief Jason Foote, officers were called to an accident Wednesday afternoon that sent a city of Yankton light pole across Highway 50.

Foote says that Jerry Jungmann was pulling out of Stockmans’ parking lot with a Wilson Stock Trailer when he clipped a City of Yankton light pole.

Foote says damage to the trailer estimated at $500.00 dollars.

Foote adds that the tall light pole was completely damaged in the loss. The value of one of those large lightpoles is nearly five thousand dollars.