Crime & Safety

Vehicle Crash Into Power Pole In Pleasant Hill Causes Hundreds To Lost Power

Pleasant Hill police said the crash forced the closure of Buskirk Avenue between Hookston Road and Oak Park Boulevard in both directions.

(CBS Bay Area)

August 29, 2024

A vehicle crash in Pleasant Hill Wednesday night closed a roadway and knocked out power to hundreds in a surrounding neighborhood throughout the night and into Thursday morning, authorities said.

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Pacific Gas and Electric indicated on its outage map that the outage was reported at 9:19 p.m. Wednesday and crews arrived to find a vehicle collision with a power pole.

Pleasant Hill police said the crash forced the closure of Buskirk Avenue between Hookston Road and Oak Park Boulevard in both directions.

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