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September 15, 2006

Update: Power restored to Federal Hill

PROVIDENCE – Power has been restored for 635 customers in the area of Federal Hill, West Exchange and downtown who lost power early this morning.

National Grid restored power for 469 customers at 1:57 a.m., one hour and four minutes after getting the report of the failure, spokesman David Graves said.

A car that crashed into an electrical pole in front of the dispatch center for city police and fire crews snapped the pole in half, according to James Taylor, chief of communications for the Providence Fire Department.

The wooden pole and equipment on it had to be replaced, Graves said. That work took the rest of the night. Power for the remaining 166 customers was back on at 8:20 a.m., Graves said.

At the city’s dispatch center, at 1 Communications Place, a generator kicked into action and kept the dispatchers functioning through the night, Taylor said.

The driver of the car was transported to Rhode Island Hospital. More details on that person’s condition are not available at this time.

-- projo.com staff writer Kate Bramson

Posted by Kate Bramson  at 9:23 AM | Permalink

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