Crash causes subdivision power outage

POWER OUTAGE_1572402605659.JPG_39572122_ver1.0_1280_720 — Utility crews are busy restoring power and TV/Internet after a car hit a power box at 65th South and Comish Drive in Bonneville County due to slick road conditions. Photo courtesy Todd Kunz

By News Team

Published October 29, 2019 10:09 AM

BONNEVILLE COUNTY, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) -

UPDATE 8:05 p.m.: Onsite repair crews tell KIDK Eyewitness News anchor Todd Kunz, that they are hoping to have power restored by 9 p.m. Tuesday. Sparklight Cable is working with fiber to restore TV and Internet service, which will most likely take longer.

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ORIGINAL STORY:

An estimated 274 customers of Rocky Mountain Power in the Comore Loma area have been out of power since about 8 a.m. Tuesday.

Rocky Mountain Power estimated it would have power restored to the area by around 2 p.m.

The Bonneville County Sheriff's Office said a vehicle driving down the hill of 65th South ran into a power box near Comish Drive. No one was injured in the crash, but the accident led to the power outage Tuesday morning.

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