Outage leaves nearly 2,500 without power in downtown Durham
DURHAM, N.C. -- Nearly 2,500 Duke Energy customers were without power in downtown Durham on Friday afternoon after a car crashed into a pole.
The outage happened around 4:30 p.m. and stretches south to E. Lawson Street to past W. Trinity Avenue north of downtown.
Duke Energy spokesman Jeff Brooks said a vehicle hit a power pole at Duke Street and Yancey Street. Durham Police told ABC11 that two vehicles crashed, causing one car to hit several power poles.
A utility crew is working to make repairs. Brooks said the estimated time of restoration might be 7:15 p.m., but at 7:30 p.m., Duke's outage map showed power might not be fully restored until after midnight.
Power was fully restored by Saturday morning.
S. Duke Street was closed from Morehead Avenue to Jackson Street, and the off-ramp from Durham Freeway to S. Duke Street was closed.
The crash remains under investigation.
