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One in critical condition after crash involving four vehicles leaves their car overturned around downed power lines on Vanowen Street in Reseda, California

Date: 
Thursday, August 4, 2022
Area: 
Los Angeles, CA

Escaped military blimp drags cable across ground causing massive power outages in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania

Date: 
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Area: 
Wilkes Barre-Scranton, PA

One person injured after rollover that downed PSE power lines on Southbay Road NE near Olympia, Washington

Date: 
Saturday, December 6, 2014
Area: 
Seattle-Tacoma, WA

Firefighters were called to free a person from the 2700 block of Southbay Road NE shortly after 6 a.m. following a rollever crash. The accident also downed Puget Sound Energy power lines. The injured person is at the hospital in unknown condition. Few details are available at this time.

Randy Rexrode, 33, arrested after car accident leads to power outage in Harrisonburg, VA

Date: 
Saturday, October 18, 2014
Area: 
Harrisonburg, VA

The Harrisonburg Police Department reports a car accident Friday evening led to a power outage in parts of the city. 33-year-old Randy Lee Rexrode was arrested and charged with DUI and property damage. Rexrode was injured, taken to Sentara RMH Medical Center, and was later sent to jail.

Adrian Hernandez, 30, killed after car accident on Loop 410 that caused a power outage in San Antonio

Date: 
Friday, October 17, 2014
Area: 
San Antonio, TX
A man is in recovery at the San Antonio Military Medical Center after he was hit by a car Friday night. Police said the accident occured around 9 p.m. near Loop 410 and Starcrest Drive. Authorities said a man driving a black car rear-ended another vehicle and caused them to crash into a telephone pole. Crews cleaning up the accident said the crash caused the transformers to blowout resulting in a five hour power outage. Authorities said the driver of the black car was intoxicated and has been arrested for DWI.

Power outage in Honolulu's Diamond Head neighborhood caused by vehicle striking pole on Diamond Head Rd.

Date: 
Saturday, October 11, 2014
Area: 
Honolulu, HI
A Hawaiian Electric crew is doing repairs affecting service to customers along Diamond Head Road. At 3:15 p.m., Honolulu police received a call of a vehicle hitting a telephone pole which caused it to lean. The pole needs to be replaced, and in the meantime, 245 customers are without power. The repair crew is trying to reroute power and get electric service back to those customers. Because of the accident and repair work, HPD have closed Diamond Head Road in both directions between Leahi Beach Park and Coconut Avenue.

Two people hospitalized after plane crashes into power lines in Sonoma County, CA

Date: 
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Area: 
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA
After the plane hit the power lines and crashed into a vineyard, its passengers were both transported to a local hospital. One of them, an 80-year-old man, suffered injuries including to one leg. 

Power lines down after vehicle crashes into pole on North Powers Drive in Orlando

Date: 
Friday, September 19, 2014
Area: 
Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne, FL
No injuries have been reported.

Tractor-trailer crashes into house, knocking out power in a small area of St. Clair County, Illinois

Date: 
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Area: 
Champaign & Springfield-Decatur, IL

A semi truck slammed into a home in Cahokia Wednesday morning. Authorities say the driver of the truck was traveling in the area of Rte. 3 and E. 5th St. around 8:15 a.m. when he lost control and crashed into the house. The truck also crashed into utility poles, leaving about 1,300 people in the area without power. Ameren Illinois officials say they hoped to have the power restored by Wednesday evening. No injuries were reported. The extent of the damage to the house was not immediately known.

Tractor-trailer carrying over-sized load damages traffic signals and power lines in Santa Clara County, California

Date: 
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Area: 
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA
A big-rig that took out traffic signals on Stevens Creek Boulevard in San Jose Tuesday morning has prompted the California Highway Patrol to issue a Sig-alert for the affected area. The incident involved a wide-load big rig hauling a portable building and was reported at 6:32 a.m. on Stevens Creek Boulevard at North Monroe Street, CHP Officer Eric Anderson said. As of 6:50 a.m., westbound Stevens Creek Boulevard from southbound Interstate Highway 880 was closed to due power lines down in the roadway, according to Anderson.