Tree Falls Into Traffic Light, Takes Out Power Lines

A stretch of Montgomery Avenue in Bala Cynwyd reopened Thursday night after a lengthy closure forced by a downed tree that took out a traffic light, power lines, and a utility poll earlier in the afternoon.

For the entirety of Thursday's rush hour, the road was closed between Winding Way and Meeting House Lane. As of Thursday at 9 p.m., Merion Road remained closed from Montgomery to Bowman avenues.

A utility worker told Patch that the tree, which has been in the yard of a home on the corner of Merion Road and Montgomery Avenue across from Waldron Mercy Academy, fell into a stoplight at approximately 1 p.m., knocking it into power lines, which in turn snapped the utility pole the cables were supported by.