Power Outages In P.G

Wednesday, October 15, 2008 11:59 AM

Prince George, B.C.- Another 115 B.C. Hydro customers are without power this hour but this outage is not related to one earlier in the day that put 1500 customers in the dark.

The latest outage is impacting residents on Upland, and is the result of a problem with an underground cable. There is no word yet on when that power will be restored.

Earlier today, a vehicle struck a stabilize anchor cable on the north end of the Smon Fraser bridge. That cable whipped and hit the transmission lines shorting out 1500 customers. The driver of the vehicle was taken to hospital with non life threatening injuries. B.C. Hydro had that power problem resolved by about 10:30.

B.C. Hydro's Bob Gammer says the current outage is not related to the earlier incident involving the anchor cable.

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