Power restored after Sacramento outage caused by car crash, police say
Updated: 8:07 AM PDT Mar 14, 2022
THIS IS KCRA 3 NEWS AT 4:00. TEO: GOOD MORNING. IT’S MONDAY, MARCH 14. I’M TEO TORRES. HERE’S A LOOK AT THE TOP STORIES WE’RE FOLLOWING TOD.AY POWER HAS BEEN RESTORED TO MOST SMUD CUSTOMERS WHO EXPERIENCED OUTAGES YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. POLICE SAY A CAR CRASH KNOCKED OUT POWER ON FRUITRIDGE ADRO FROM 65TH TO FREEPORT AND FOLSOM BOULEVARDS. DURING THE OUTAGE, MORE THAN 16,000 HOMES LOST POR.WE ABOUT 10 CUSTOMERS ARE SLL WAITING FOR TIRHE POWER TO BE RESTORED. THAT IS EXPECTED TO HAENPP AROUND 7:00 THIS MORNING. STARTING TODAY, MOST STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN CALIFORNIA WILL BE ABLE TO GO TO SCHOOL WITHOUT WEARING A FACE MASK. THE STATE’S INDOOR MASK MANDATE FOR CAMPUSES HAS BEEN FT.LI MASKS ARE STILL RECOMMENDED IN SCHOOLS BUT NOT REQUIRED. HOWEVER, SCHOOL DISTRICTS STILL HAVE THE OPTION TO KEEP THE MANDE.AT LET’S GET A CHECK ON THE FORECAST. MELAE:NI IT IS O TOFF A COMFORTABLE START. FROM OUR SATELLITE VIEW,E W HAVE SOME CLOUDS. THAT IS KEEPING TEMPERATURES A LITTLE MILD IN THE 40’S TOD,AY BUT UYO SEE BREAKS AND THAT CLOUD COVER, SO WE WILL SEE SUN LATER ON TODAY. SUNRISES AN HOUR LATER AT 7:18 THIS MORNING, SO SOME CLOUDS KEEP TEMPERATURES IN THE 40’S TODAY. SUN AND CLOUDS, MILD AFTERONNO, REACHING LOW 70’S. SUNSET ALSO AN HOUR LATER AT 7:12. MORE CLOSUD OVERNIGHT, WHICH
Power restored after Sacramento outage caused by car crash, police say
Updated: 8:07 AM PDT Mar 14, 2022
Power has been restored to nearly 17,000 SMUD customers in Sacramento after a car crash on Sunday, authorities said.Power was knocked out Sunday afternoon on Fruitridge Road from 65th Street to Freeport and Folsom Boulevard, and from Fruitridge Road to 47th Avenue, the Sacramento Police Department said. At the peak of the outage, there were 16,592 customers without power, according to SMUD’s outage map. As of 7:20 p.m., about 436 customers remain without power. By Monday morning, the map did not show any outages. It’s unclear if anyone was injured in the car crash.
Power has been restored to nearly 17,000 SMUD customers in Sacramento after a car crash on Sunday, authorities said.
Power was knocked out Sunday afternoon on Fruitridge Road from 65th Street to Freeport and Folsom Boulevard, and from Fruitridge Road to 47th Avenue, the Sacramento Police Department said.
At the peak of the outage, there were 16,592 customers without power, according to SMUD’s outage map. As of 7:20 p.m., about 436 customers remain without power. By Monday morning, the map did not show any outages.
It’s unclear if anyone was injured in the car crash.