UPDATE: Power was restored by 8 a.m. Wednesday.
ORIGINAL STORY: Thousands of PG&E customers were without power in Santa Maria Tuesday evening after someone drove into a pole.
PG&E is restoring electrical power to more than 2,000 customers following a vehicle into a power pole at Betteravia at Thornburg about 6:00 p.m. Power should be restored by 10 tonight.
— cityofsantamaria (@City_SantaMaria) July 10, 2019
According to the City of Santa Maria, over 2,000 customers lost power at Betteravia Street and Thornburg Street.
The outage was first reported at around 6:00 p.m. As of 10:30 p.m., there are still 198 customers without power.
According to the utility’s website, power is expected to be fully restored by 7:00 a.m.
The cause of the crash is under investigation.
