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Thousands lose power after crash Wednesday night

8 years 3 months 1 week ago Wednesday, December 16 2015 Dec 16, 2015 December 16, 2015 9:11 PM December 16, 2015 in News
Source: WBRZ

BATON ROUGEThousands of people lost power Wednesday night when a car crashed destroyed transformers south of LSU.

The wreck happened at the intersection of Nicholson and Lee between 8:30 and 9 p.m. Power lines were knocked over, covering the street and transformers fell and disconnected power from customers.

Entergy reported about 2,300 people lost power. An online power outage map did not indicate a restoration time.

Check back for updates.

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