The fire chief of the Ridgeway Volunteer Fire Co. was hospitalized by helicopter after his SUV overturned near the firehouse on Tuesday night.
Brian Flanagan, 43, was returning from a call and driving west on Route 571 just after 10 p.m. in his department-issued 2016 Chevrolet Tahoe.
Flanagan drifted off the road and struck a utility pole, sending the SUV airborne into the power lines before landing on the passenger side, police Capt. Vincent Manco said.
Wires that fell from the utility pole onto a fire truck, which had been following the chief, caused minor damage to its front end. The driver and passenger in the fire truck were not injured.
Wires connected from the pole to a house were pulled out by the crash.
Flanagan was pulled from the mangled SUV, which was being held up by low-voltage wires, and flown to Jersey Shore University Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.