SUFFOLK, VA : 16 Residents without power after vehicle crashed into power pole in Suffolk on Sunday, 7th February 2021

A group of Suffolk residents were without power Sunday morning, after a vehicle hit and damaged a power pole near N Capitol Street.

Suffolk Police and Suffolk Fire & Rescue said they were called on Sunday, Feb. 7, around 3:46 a.m. about a single-vehicle crash in the 1100 block of East Washington Street.

Officers said the vehicle ran into a power pole during the accident. Dominion Power reported that 16 people's power was knocked out as a result of the accident.

Officials gave the driver immediate medical attention and took him to a nearby hospital to be treated for non-life threatening injuries.

The Suffolk Department of Public Works set up traffic detours at the location where the crash occurred and closed the roadway for repair work.


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