Crash Knocks Out Power To Much Of Smithfield
SMITHFIELD – Much of Smithfield lost electricity Friday morning after a single-vehicle accident on Hospital Road knocked a power substation offline.
The collision happened around 9 a.m. when a passenger car ran off Hospital Road, traveled through a deep ditch and struck guy wires supporting a Duke Energy utility pole.
Although the pole was not damaged, the impact triggered a power surge that caused the nearby Hospital Road substation to go offline, resulting in a widespread outage across town.
Duke Energy crews responded to Smithfield to restart the substation.
Power was restored to most customers around 10:30 a.m.
Smithfield Police said the driver of the vehicle left the scene on foot following the crash.
At last report, police were still working to identify the driver.
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People and student got a half day off after they said, power would be restored in 6 to 8 hours. Then it was restored at 10:30 AM. LOLLLLOL
Right! The daycares were closed