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Update: Car crash causes power outage and closes section of No. 4 Road
A single-vehicle collision temporarily closed No. 4 Road between Alderbridge Way and Westminster Highway in Richmond on Thursday morning. Power was initially affecting 4,164 people, and 2,081 customers remained without service at noon; crews estimated restoration around 6 p.m.
Power returned to roughly 2,000 BC Hydro customers in Richmond after an outage on Thursday morning that was caused by a car crash. The single-vehicle collision temporarily closed No. 4 Road between Alderbridge Way and Westminster Highway, according to Cpl. Frank Bryson, media relations officer with Richmond RCMP. The road has since been cleared and reopened. Bryson said no injuries had been reported.
According to BC Hydro’s website, 4,164 people were affected by the outage from 9:45 a.m. in an area north of Blundell Road, west of No. 7 Road, east of Garden City Road and south of Bridgeport Road. As of noon, 2,081 customers in an area north of Hemlock Drive, south of Odlin Road, east of Garden City Road and west of Fisher Drive were still without power. BC Hydro crews were on site and estimated service would return around 6 p.m.