BC Hydro crews work on a power line that was struck by a vehicle early Monday morning. The driver was taken to hospital with injuries believed to be non-life threatening.
One person was taken to hospital with what is believed to be non-life threatening injuries after a single-vehicle crash that knocked over a hydro line in Central Saanich Monday morning.
Central Saanich police say the crash happened in the 1700-block of Keating Cross Road, southeast of Brentwood Bay, around 6:20 a.m.
The collision caused traffic issues in the area and knocked out power to more than 700 B.C. Hydro customers.
Eastbound traffic on Keating Cross Road from West Saanich Road will be redirected while BC Hydro works on power lines down.
— CS Police Service (@cspoliceservice) October 29, 2018
Central Saanich police say traffic was redirected along Keating Cross Road east of West Saanich Road to allow hydro crews to work on the downed power lines.
Keating has reopened to alternating traffic.
Crews are on-site at an outage affecting 700 customers in the Brentwood Bay area. They're sharing updates here: https://t.co/Pqn5mjPh05 pic.twitter.com/1NjdT54pT2
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) October 29, 2018
Power has been restored to customers affected by the crash.
Police are still investigating the incident.
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