Car Into Pole Causes Temporary Outages in San Mateo

By Bay City News Service:

Power has been restored for about 5,000 San Mateo residents and businesses after a vehicle crashed into a power pole at a construction site Wednesday afternoon, police said.

The vehicle hit a power pole at low speed in a construction site near the corner of Pacific Boulevard and South Delaware Street at about 1:30 p.m., according to San Mateo police.

The crash caused a power outage for about 5,000 PG&E customers, mainly in the Fiesta Gardens neighborhood, police said.

PG&E crews responded to make repairs and power was restored to the neighborhood by 3:15 p.m., according to police.

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