A collision between a semi truck and a hydro pole on Highway 1 shut off power to thousands of Shuswap residents.
BC Hydro reports that on Monday, July 15 at 11:55 p.m., power was cut off for 4,300 residents of the Sicamous area. The cause was a semi truck carrying steel pipes colliding with a hydro pole near the Canoe Forest Products sawmill.
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The Salmon Arm Fire Department reports only minor injuries were sustained by the driver.
The pipes the truck was carrying spilled onto the highway, causing a road closure which, according to Dive BC’s Twitter account, reopened partially at 1:46 a.m. and was fully open at 7:37 a.m.
CLEAR – #BCHwy1 is now clear
East of #SalmonArm after an earlier vehicle incident.— Drive BC (@DriveBC) July 16, 2019
BC Hydro crews got the power back online at 5:58 a.m.
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