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Dump truck clips power line on Highway 63

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ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) -- A dump truck laying gravel hooked a power line on Highway 63 near Rochester.

It happened north of the roundabout under construction at 75th Street shortly before 5 p.m. Thursday.

The dump truck box was elevated to dump the load when it caught the power line overhead, according the Olmsted County Sheriff's Office.

The driver of the dump truck wasn't hurt.

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