Scrap Car Snags Utility Lines

AT&T Lines Downed; Banner Office Sustains Minor Damage

The Banner News Team • July 27, 2026

From the Jul 28, 2026 e-Edition

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Building owner and former publisher of The McKenzie Banner Joel Washburn and officers with the McKenzie Police Department peer at the damage caused from Monday's accident. Photo by Lyndsey Summers/The Banner

McKENZIE (July 27) — A Bordeau-owned semi-truck loaded with crushed automobiles struck an AT&T trunk line while traveling along North Main Street on Monday, downing fiber optic and stranded phone lines and slightly damaging the front left corner of The McKenzie Banner's…

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