Truck hits utility box knocking out power for thousands
A power outage is affecting more than 2,200 Colorado Springs Utilities customers in the northeast part of town.
The outage is in the area of N. Academy Blvd. and Austin Bluffs Pkwy. The Colorado Springs Fire Department says a truck hit a utility box at that intersection.
Colorado Springs Utilities says it hopes to have power fully restored by 9:30 p.m.
