BULLDOZER MISHAP KNOCKS OUT POWER TO 2,800.Byline: GIDEON RUBIN Staff Writer PALMDALE -- A bulldozer clipped a support anchor Wednesday morning in east Palmdale and downed a power pole power pole Noun Austral & NZ a pole carrying an overhead power line , knocking out electricity for about 2,800 Southern California Edison Southern California Edison (or SCE Corp), the largest subsidiary of Edison International (NYSE: EIX), is the primary electricity supply company for much of Southern California. It provides 11 million people with electricity. customers. The incident occurred at 8:18 a.m. on the southeast corner of 40th Street and Avenue R when the bulldozer operator hit the anchor, pulling down the old wooden power pole. An Edison spokeswoman said 2,433 customers lost power for about a half-hour, and 415 customers -- mostly residents on Avenue R -- remained without service longer. ``It was just a bad accident; it does happen sometimes,'' said Chris Sparling spar·ling n. 1. The common European smelt (Osperus eperlanus). 2. A young or immature herring. [Middle English sperlinge, from Old French esperlinge, , an Edison technician See PC technician and software technician. assigned to evaluate the damage. The bulldozer driver was part of a crew that broke ground on a 28-unit D.R. Horton subdivision about a month ago. ``Fortunately, nobody was injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. ,'' project manager Michael Harding said. gideon.rubin@dailynews.com (661) 267-7802 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Southern California Edison crew members and D.R. Horton land development company staffers evaluate a downed power line on 40th Street East and Avenue R in Palmdale on Wednesday. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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