A couple hundred BC Hydro customers are without power in Esquimalt near Head Street after a truck carrying two trailers to a construction site crashed into a power pole.
At about 7:48 a.m. Monday morning, residents of Esquimalt may have heard a loud crash.
The ongoing construction for a new condo building on Head Street and Esquimalt Road was receiving a delivery from the truck that crashed.
According to construction workers on site, the truck carrying two trailers with a full load suffered a brake failure while coming down the steep hill on Head Street.
BC Hydro was able to get to the site of the crash within 10 minutes and is currently working on restoring power to the affected residents.
The truck appears to be wrapped around the power pole due to the accident, so the process of returning power to buildings and businesses in the area may be more complicated than normal given the size and weight of the truck.
According to BC Hydro, nearly 200 residents were affected by this outage.
BC Hydro estimates that power will be returned to the area at noon on Monday.
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