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Crash takes out power lines in southwest Columbia

By Matthew Sanders

January 10, 2020 1:03 PM

Published January 10, 2020 11:47 AM

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A vehicle crashed into power lines on Chapel Hill Road between Scott Boulevard and Fairview Road on Friday, taking out power to some Columbia Water and Light customers.

The crash happened at about 11 a.m. Chapel Hill was closed between Fairview Road and Rainwood Place, according to a joint communications notification. The road reopened at about 12:20 p.m. The Columbia Water and Light outage map showed about 30 customers without power along Chapel Hill near Talent Drive.

BOONE CO JOINT COM: Chapel Hill from Fairview to Rainwood Pl closed due to power lines down from a vehicle collision. Choose alternate route.
— Boone County Joint Communications (@BCJC911) January 10, 2020

The city in a tweet posted that the power outage was caused by a vehicle hitting power poles. A crew had been sent to the scene but other information was not immediately available.

We currently have power outage near Talent Dr. and Chapel Hill Rd due to a vehicle collision impacting power poles/lines. A crew has been assigned and will work to restore power as soon as possible. The outage map is available at https://t.co/8Fyi8PEgCU
— City of Columbia, MO (@CoMoGov) January 10, 2020

Look for updates to this developing story.

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