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A power pole and power line came down with this tree before daybreak Wednesday morning.

LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF) – A tree fell before daybreak Wednesday morning blocking one of the entrances into Linden Park. In the 100 block of East Kentucky Avenue is where the tree is across the road.

City of La Follette Public Works Director Casey Boshears says “we’ll have this cleared here in about an hour.” That should be about 7:30am.

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The fallen tree is expected to be cleared before 8am.

Anyone needing to enter Linden Park will need to take the other entrance, Linden Avenue.

Crews with the street department and LUB responded. (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED – 06/02/2021-6:45AM-PHOTO COURTESY OF STREET DEPT DIRECTOR CASEY BOSHEARS)