RCMP Pulling Vehicle from Ditch Near Bridge

Friday, October 05, 2007 07:47 AM

Prince George RCMP are on the scene of a roll over on Highway 16 east.

A vehicle found overturned in the ditch on the east side of the Yellowhead Bridge this morning. No one in the vehicle. The vehicle was discovered at about 7:19 this morning. Traffic may be impacted as tow trucks try to pull the vehicle from the site.

In another incident, a vehicle crash is being blamed for a major power outage west of Domano Boulevard in Prince George. The area impacted is north of Thompson Drive, East of Elk Road, South of Highway 16 and West of Chartwell Crescent, about 250 customers without electrictiy.

A car crash last night to blame. Details on the crash are not available.

B.C. Hydro says sit will be 6:00 this evening before power can be restored. The crash happened just before 8:00 last night. No details on the crash.

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Posted on Friday, October 05, 2007 07:47 AM in News by 250 News

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Posted by: Parrothead on October 5 2007 8:49 AM

You know, if our electrcal infrastructure were below ground in pipes like natural gas is, car crashes and snowstorms wouldn't disrupt it.

Posted by: lunarguy on October 5 2007 9:12 AM

That is so true, but also your rates would be 3 times higher as the cost of building underground is so much higher. Underground just introduces other issues, like people digging the line up, etc.

In general the power system, of any province, is a very precarious operation that one minor accident can cause wide spread outages.

Posted by: Big_B on October 5 2007 3:58 PM

That crash happened close to my house and let me tell you, if not for driving an SUV and the grace of god that girl driving would have been dead. She hammered the pole and took out part of the fence in front of Westside School.

That frontage road that runs from Bon Voyage to Westgate is turning into a high speed detour while the road is being worked on. If you walk down there like I do, make sure you wear a reflector vest at night.

You are taking your life into your hands.