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A Toledo Edison work crew installing utility poles near Fremont, ...

A Toledo Edison work crew installing utility poles near Fremont, O., Tues. cut a Verizon fiber cable, accidentally killing phone service to about 9,300 customers in Sandusky and Seneca Counties, and disrupting 911 service in those counties and also…

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in Carroll, Erie, Huron and Ottawa Counties. Service went out around 9:30 a.m., restored 10 hours later. Toledo Edison officials said they asked that the site be marked, but the marking of Verizon’s cable was off about 25 feet. Verizon said it’s investigating, but if the marking was incorrect then the 3rd-party contractor who marked the site is responsible for the damages, not Toledo Edison.