Nearly 1,500 Boone Electric customers without power

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

There were nearly 1,500 Boone Electric customers without power in an area just west of Columbia on Thursday, according to the Boon Electric outage map.

Outages were reported in a neighborhood near West Gillespie Bridge Road, while several more were reported near Vawter School Road.

A Boone Electric spokesman wrote in an email to ABC 17 News that the area lost power after a semi-truck hit a power pole. An estimated time for restoration was not available at 7:20 p.m., though an earlier estimate claimed it could have returned after 8 p.m.

Boone County Joint Communications sent a notification at 6 p.m. stating a semi-truck hit an electric pole on Route UU near Gillespie Bridge Road. The road will be closed while crews work.

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