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UPDATE: Power restored to more than 3,600 BC Hydro customers following crash in Chilliwack

Vehicle hit power pole with transformer on Vedder late Friday night
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More than 3,600 BC Hydro customers were without power on the morning of Saturday, June 18, 2022. (BC Hydro)

More than 3,600 BC Hydro customers in Chilliwack were without power in the early morning hours of Saturday, June 18.

According to witnesses, a vehicle hit a power pole with a transformer on it on Vedder Road near Gaetz Street around 11:45 p.m. Friday, June 17.

More than 10 hours later, 1,000 customers were still without power.

By 1:10 p.m., the power had been fully restored.

Check back here for more info as it becomes available.


 

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I started my career at The Chilliwack Progress in 2000 as a photojournalist.
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