A car caught on fire after the driver crashed with a pole on Monday.
At 4:54 p.m., Gainesville Police and Gainesville Fire Rescue were notified of a vehicle that caught on fire after crashing into a pole on the 2800 block of Northeast 39th Ave., said GPD Lt. Marc Plourde.
The driver was removed from the vehicle and transported to UF Health Shands Medical Center under a trauma alert, Plourde said. She did not suffer life-threatening injuries.
It’s unclear why she crashed into the pole, he said.
Traffic was blocked for an hour and cleared at 5:54 p.m., Plourde said.
Contact Katherine Wallace-Fernandez at kwallace-fernandez@alligator.org and follow her on Twitter @katwf98.
A car caught on fire after the driver crashed with a pole on Monday.
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