UPDATE SUNDAY, NOV. 13, 2:27 p.m.:
BC Hydro says on its outages website that power has been restored to all but fewer than five customers, in the 9300 block of Highway 6, following a crash involving an SUV and a power pole Sunday morning.
Hydro says it expects power to be fully restored by 8 p.m. Sunday.
ORIGINAL STORY
A motor-vehicle collision is responsible for a Sunday morning power outage in Coldstream and Vernon.
An SUV collided with a power pole in the westbound lane of Highway 6 between Aberdeen and Grey roads shortly before 9:45 a.m. Nov. 13.
Members of the Coldstream Fire Department are conducting traffic control. Traffic is alternating single-lane.
Power has been knocked out to 1,100-plus customers in an area east of College Way, south of Robin Road, West of Buchanan Road and north of Cosens Bay Road.
The traffic light at Highway 6 and 15th Street/Middleton Way is NOT functional, but the light at Highway 6 and Aberdeen Road is.
Hydro crews are on-site.
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