Update at 5:50 am: The power has been restored to PG&E customers in Groveland.
Original story at 8 pm: Groveland, CA — There is a power outage impacting 1,873 PG&E customers in the Groveland area.
The company reports that it was caused by a car that hit a power pole. It started at around 4:30 pm and the company is hoping to have everyone restored by 2:30 am. The crash occurred in the 20100 block of Pine Mountain Lake Drive. A power pole was completely sheered. It is not immediately clear if there were any injuries associated with the crash.
This post was last modified on 08/18/2023 5:52 am
Written by BJ Hansen.
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