Car hit power pole northwest of town
About 2,000 La Plata Electric Association customers were without power Thursday for about 30 minutes in parts of downtown Durango and northwest of town after a car hit a power pole.
The outage occurred at 6:14 p.m. and was restored at 6:44 p.m.
LPEA crews had to de-energize a line after the car hit the power pole, possibly on Junction Creek Road (County Road 204), said Hillary Knox, spokeswoman with LPEA.
“It was our decision to de-energize the line,” Knox said, “but we didn’t really have any other choice.”
shane@durangoherald.com
