Car crashes into pole causing outage impacting hundreds of La Quinta customers
A crash caused an outage that at one point impacted nearly 1,400 customers Friday night in La Quinta.
According to the Riverside County Sheriff's Office, a vehicle crashed into a power pole at around 8:10 p.m. on Calle Tecate and Avenida Ramirez.
Authorities said the driver was medically evaluated at the scene. No arrests were made.
Initially, approximately 1384 customers were impacted by the outage, mostly in the cove area. Power was restored to a majority of IID customers by 9:30 p.m. 382 customers remain without power.
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UPDATE: Thank you for your continued patience. Crews continue to work to restore power to the remaining 379 customers in La Quinta. Current estimated restoration time is 5-7 hours.
Several roads are expected to be closed until at least midnight including:
- Calle Tecate and Avenida Vallejo
- Calle Portero and Avenida Bermudas.
Stay with News Channel 3 for continuing updates.
