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EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – More than 2,000 homes and businesses were without power Sunday, March 5, when a car crashed into a utility pole in east El Paso, according to El Paso Electric.
The accident happened at around 3pm on Miguel Varela Street, initially leaving around 2,400 customers in the dark. Power was restored to half of them in about an hour, an El Paso Electric spokesman said.
As of about 5 p.m., 1,000 customers were still without power, but crews were busy working to fix the outage, the spokesman said.
