MILLBROOK – Strong winds ripped through the region Friday night into Saturday morning, knocking down tree limbs and bringing down a power line near the intersection of Route 44 and Franklin Ave Saturday, May 30.
The downed line forced the closure of Sharon Turnpike from Hart Village Road to Franklin Ave from about 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. Saturday, according to Millbrook Police Chief Keith Dworkin.
Emergency crews responded to the scene between 11 and 11:30 a.m. Millbrook Fire Department officials diverted traffic through downtown Millbrook, creating heavier-than-usual traffic in the area.
Dworkin said the police department did not receive any complaints about homes losing power, but suspected that a number of homes near Ciferri Place may have been affected.
As of 3 p.m., one fire official at the scene said she could not predict when the road would reopen.
“We’ve been here for more than three hours, and it could be another three,” she said. “We just don’t know.”
Crews from Central Hudson cleared the scene and opened the road around 4 p.m.
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