Drunk Abbotsford driver hits power pole, causes outage

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ABBOTSFORD — Hundreds of Abbotsford residents lost power early Sunday morning (Apr. 6) after an impaired driver struck a power pole at the intersection of South Fraser Way and Hill Tout Street.

“The driver fled on foot but was located and arrested by our officers, providing a breath sample nearly 2.5 times the legal limit,” wrote the Abbotsford Police Department in a social media post. “Power in the area remains out as crews work to repair the damage.”

No one was injured in the collision.

According to BC Hydro, power went out for 829 customers just before 1 a.m. The outage is expected to take roughly 15 hours to bring back online.

This incident is only one of several impaired-driving-related crashes this weekend. Officers also removed 14 such drivers from the roads in a single shift.