Nassau Utility Pole Snaps, Dangles On Power Lines: PHOTO

NEW HYDE PARK, NY — Utility crews are heading to New Hyde Park after a neighbor posted a photo on social media showing a snapped utility pole resting dangerously on power lines.

Twitter user @Nadia68 posted the photo around 4 p.m. Friday, saying the precarious situation had been going on for hours. The photo appeared to be taken near Jericho Turnpike and South 8th Street, near a Sprint store.

"This is on Jericho Tpke in New Hyde Park," she wrote. "It’s been this way since AT LEAST 8:30am. This pic was taken at 2pm. Wind damage. VERY DANGEROUS to everyone! FIX IT."

@CBSNewYork @NBCNewYork @ABC7NY @PSEGLI This is on Jericho Tpke in New Hyde Park. It’s been this way since AT LEAST 8:30am. This pic was taken at 2pm. Wind damage. VERY DANGEROUS to everyone! FIX IT pic.twitter.com/M1FSeXGV1k
— Nadia H. Ortiz (@Nadia68) November 1, 2019

In response, PSEG Long Island tweeted back that it had relayed her message to so-called "escalation coordinators" to see if a work crew could address the downed pole by Friday evening.

"The estimate is by 11:15pm, but we are trying to make it much sooner than that," the utility wrote.

Around 4:45 p.m., the utility followed up again, saying a crew was preparing materials needed to make repairs and would be heading to the scene "as soon as they have everything."

A blustery Halloween storm whipped Long Island with strong winds overnight, leaving more than 220,000 people in the dark. As of Friday evening, that number was down to 137,000, including about 2,400 in Nassau County.