A vehicle crashed into a pole on Lindell Road in Chilliwack Thursday afternoon leaving hundreds without power in Ryder Lake and south Promontory.
The crash resulted in a BC Hydro transformer landing on the road, causing extra concern for first responders on scene. The crash took place at about 3 p.m. on Thursday afternoon. The number of vehicles or occupants is unknown. At least one person was reportedly out of a vehicle and walking around.
BC Hydro stated that the power went out to more than 600 homes in the area at 2:56 p.m. They arrrived on scene at about 3:35 p.m., there is no time listed yet for power to be restored.
A crew is on the way to an outage impacting 602 customers in #Chilliwack. They expect to arrive by 3:35 p.m. and will share updates here: http://t.co/QX0ODbE6kJ pic.twitter.com/gNhFc7ALpZ
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) September 3, 2020
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