A car crash is the suspected cause of a power outage that left nearly 6,000 BC Hydro customers without power Wednesday morning.
"We don't absolute concrete proof or anything," Hydro spokesman Bob Gammer said. "What we have was a situation near Foothills and 15th where we have some overhead line that has wrapped around itself.
"We have in the past seen that happen when a vehicle of some kind has either hit a power pole or an anchor cable that helps to hold the pole upright and that contact shakes the pole enough that the wires can sway and they'll touch and that causes the fault that causes the outage."
However, there was no obvious sign of damage at the location, Gammer added.
In all 5,728 customers were without power. The outage began just before 7 a.m. and last a bit less than two hours. It was a matter of a crew untangling the wires to restore service. So many were affected because three lines were in play.
"It affected three circuits and we happened to have a circuit tied together with another one," Gammer said. "If those two weren't tied together, this only would've affected two circuits."
There is a chance some customers may still be without service. Those who still are are asked to call 1-800-POWERON.
"The vast majority of customers would've been back on right away at nine but there still could be one or two out scattered around the Prince George area," Gammer said. "We just want to make sure they're not just waiting, expecting things to be restored."
