A truck driver drove into a high-voltage pylon with 10,000 volts in Wuppertal.
According to the municipal utilities, the mast was badly damaged.
The incident occurred on Friday at 7.45 a.m., as the Wuppertal police announced.
Nobody was injured.
According to the municipal utilities, however, there may be power outages in the Laaken area - the power should be temporarily turned off so that a new mast can be erected on Friday.