Storms cause some damage

Storm clouds move in over Cranberry High School's track at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018. (By Amanda Dresbach)
From staff reports

A dispatcher with Venango County 911 said Wednesday evening’s storms led to at least nine fallen trees, four accidents, traffic light outages in Franklin and two road closures.

The dispatcher said Two Mile Run Road between Martin Hill and Montana Drive would remain closed until Verizon Wireless could respond to a downed wire.

Frenchcreek Road was also closed at about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday.

The dispatcher said there had been no reports of injuries in any of the accidents. One of the crashes occurred at about 6 p.m. on Hell’s Kitchen Road, the dispatcher said.

Clarion state police and a dispatcher with Clarion County 911 said there were no storm-related incidents in the county.