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UPDATE: Power restored to all but fewer than five customers following Coldstream crash

Happened at around 9:40 a.m. on Highway 6 in Coldstream between Aberdeen and Grey roads
Roger Knox
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Traffic on Highway 6 in Coldstream between Aberdeen and Grey roads was alternating single traffic Sunday morning, Nov. 13, due to a motor-vehicle collision with a power pole. More than 1,100 customers are without power. (Roger Knox - Morning Star)

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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Traffic on Highway 6 in Coldstream between Aberdeen and Grey roads was alternating single traffic Sunday morning, Nov. 13, due to a motor-vehicle collision with a power pole. More than 1,100 customers are without power. (Roger Knox - Morning Star)
Roger Knox

About the Author: Roger Knox

I am a journalist with more than 30 years of experience in the industry. I started my career in radio and have spent the last 21 years working with Black Press Media.
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