COLUMBIA, S.C. — Crews are working to get traffic lights working properly at a well-traveled Columbia intersection following an unknown overnight incident.
Columbia Police warned drivers that the traffic signals at the intersection of Bull and Lady streets had begun to work improperly overnight. One photo shared by the department on social media shows two of the traffic lights appearing to have no power at some point in the pre-dawn hours. Engineers currently believe the lights may have been struck by lightning; though, this has not been confirmed.
As a result, police have set up several barricades in the area where traffic engineers are still working to fix the problem. Per police, the barricades are at Bull and Washington streets for north and southbound traffic, Bull and Gervais streets for north and southbound traffic, Lady and Bull streets for east and westbound traffic, and Lady and Pickens streets for east and westbound traffic.
Police said in a social media post that officers are at the scene to assist drivers as they detour around the work zone.
