Early Morning Car v. Telephone Pole Crash Takes Out Power to Pine Hill, Elk River Road Areas
A car rammed a telephone pole on Elk River Road this morning just after 4 a.m., killing power to more than 500 homes in the area.
As of this writing, PG&E has restored light to most of those customers. Everyone should be back up by 9:30 a.m., according to current estimates. Follow updates below.
Updates from PG&E
4:23 a.m.
| Started | Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015 @ 4:12 a.m. |
| Customers affected | 529 |
| Cause | Unknown - PG&E will be assessing the cause. |
| PG&E status | PG&E assessment crew is en route to the outage. |
| PG&E ETA | 5 a.m. |
| Estimated time of restoral | Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015 @ 7:30 a.m. |
4:46 a.m.
| Cause | Unknown - PG&E is investigating the cause. |
| PG&E status | PG&E is assessing the cause at the outage location. |
5:42 a.m.
| Cause | Found a broken power pole in the area |
5:51 a.m.
| Customers affected | 12 |
6:09 a.m.
| PG&E status | PG&E is sending a repair crew to the outage location. |
7:34 a.m.
| Estimated time of restoral | Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015 @ 9:34 a.m. |
9:23 a.m.
| PG&E status | PG&E repair crew is on-site working to restore power. |
| Estimated time of restoral | Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015 @ 5 p.m. |
4:36 p.m.
| Estimated time of restoral | Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015 @ 6 p.m. |
4:49 p.m.
| Customers affected | 10 |
5:32 p.m.
| PG&E status | Power restored. |
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