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Power restored after vehicle strikes utility pole, knocks out electricity along College, Perkins area

5 years 3 months 1 week ago Monday, March 04 2019 Mar 4, 2019 March 04, 2019 8:47 PM March 04, 2019 in News
Source: WBRZ

BATON ROUGE - Crews have restored power to customers along Perkins Road and College Drive after a vehicle hit a utility pole Monday afternoon, resulting in an outage.

Several businesses in the area were without electricity, including the Walmart on College Drive. A restaurant on Perkins Road posted to their Facebook page Monday afternoon, showing a photo of a trailer that had apparently struck a utility pole.

According to Entergy's website, over 100 customers were still without power around 8:30 p.m. Monday.

Power was restored before Tuesday morning. 

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