Power Outage In Brookfield Following Utility Pole Crash: Pollice Urge Caution

UPDATE: Rollingwood Condos will be out of power for at least the next few hours while Eversource and Frontier work to get the system restored, local fire officials said at 7 p.m. Thursday. The property management company has been notified due to multiple alarms going off due to loss of power.

Additionally, the north entrance to Rollingwood is closed and Federal Road is one lane each way, fire officials said.

BROOKFIELD, CT — Due to a motor vehicle accident in the area of Federal Road and Rollingwood Drive, a utility pole has been damaged, resulting in a power outage along the southern corridor of Federal Road.

The Brookfield Police Department issued the traffic advisory around 1:30 p.m. Thursday, on social media.

Utility crews have been notified and are en route to make necessary repairs, according to police.

As traffic control signals in the area are affected, police are urging motorists to proceed with "extreme caution and treat all intersections as four-way stops."

Drivers should use alternate routes if possible, and expect delays.