Crime & Safety
Suspected Dunken Driver Crashes Into Power Pole
Collision knocks out power to more than 2,600 customers early this morning.
BAY CITY NEWS—A suspected drunken driver crashed into a power pole in Concord early this morning, causing a power outage.
The crash happened shortly before 1:30 a.m. on Parkside Drive near Willow Pass Road, Concord police said.
The driver was arrested, but police were not releasing further details about the incident.
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PG&E spokeswoman Tamar Sarkissian said the crash broke the power pole and caused wires to go down, which led to a momentary outage for 2,675 customers.
About 1,121 customers lost power for a little more than an hour, but as of about 9:30 a.m. only about 21 customers remained without power, Sarkissian said.
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Police were providing traffic control in the area while crews worked to repair the pole. Sarkissian said they expect to have power restored to the remaining customers by about 2 p.m. today.
"We're working as quickly and as safely as possible and we appreciate our customers' patience while we work to restore their power," Sarkissian said.
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