Car crash puts out power for nearly 800 Colorado Springs residents UPDATE; power back on
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -
UPDATE at 5:41 p.m.:
Power has been restored to all residents.
Colorado Springs Police told our photographer on the scene that the driver hit a 'live switch' which caused the power outage.
No one was taken to the hospital because of the crash.
Original article:
Colorado Springs Utilities says 795 homes are without power. Colorado Springs Police say they're responding to a car crash on N Academy Blvd where a truck crashed into a power pole and transformer and went into someone's backyard.
The outage happened at 3:45 p.m. and CSU says they expect it to be fixed at 7:45 p.m.
Track the outage here.
KRDO13 is sending a photographer out to the scene.
