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Power back on after car wreck with pole

Austin Energy restores power to 2,775

Updated: Tuesday, 13 Nov 2012, 7:49 AM CST
Published : Tuesday, 13 Nov 2012, 7:13 AM CST

AUSTIN (KXAN) - A car ran into a power pole in South Austin, knocking out power to 2,775 people -- which has since been restored.

People without power for just more than an hour after the outage started at 6:38 a.m., spurred by the wreck at Slaughter Lane and Roxanna Drive.

Austin police also dealt with several lights out along Slaughter Lane, as far west as Bowie High School.

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Power back on after car wreck with pole

Austin Energy restores power to 2,775

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