CAR HITS POLE, CUTS OFF POWER.Byline: Sonia Giordani Daily News Staff Writer More than 3,700 homes and businesses lost power early Wednesday morning after a driver slammed his car into a utility pole A utility pole, telegraph pole, telephone pole, power pole, or telegraph post is a post or pole upon which telecommunication network equipment is situated. on Kanan Road, causing major traffic jams during morning and evening rush hours, officials said. The area initially affected by the power outage Noun 1. power outage - equipment failure resulting when the supply of power fails; "the ice storm caused a power outage" power failure equipment failure, breakdown - a cessation of normal operation; "there was a power breakdown" reached from Hillside Drive, near the crash, as far north as Smoketree Avenue in Oak Park, and stretched from Grey Rock Road to Argos Street, said Rudy Gonzales, region manager for 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. . Gonzales said power was restored to all but 54 of the 3,791 Edison customers who lost power at 1:47 a.m. Wednesday. Only six commercial customers in the Twin Oaks Twin Oaks may refer to any of the following:
About a dozen Edison workers spent Wednesday morning repairing the utility pole. Lost Hills sheriff's deputies directed traffic backing up during morning and evening rush hours at the five intersections along Kanan Road that lost their traffic signals until Wednesday evening. Sheriff's deputies arrested Jeffrey Colantuono, a 30-year-old Newbury Park man, about 2 a.m. Wednesday on suspicion of drunk driving, said Traffic Detective Robert Evans There are several well-known people named Robert Evans, including:
Evans said Colantuono drove off the road, up an embankment and into the utility pole. No one 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. in the crash, Evans said, adding that Colantuono's 1987 Camaro was beyond repair. Colantuono refused to take any tests to examine his blood-alcohol level, which resulted in an automatic 6-month suspension of his driving license, Evans said. Colantuono remained in custody Wednesday, Evans added. |
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