Update: Nearly 3,000 Without Power In Tuolumne County

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Update at 5:05 p.m.:  PG&E is reporting that crews are getting a handle on a power outage in Tuolumne County that has impacted nearly 3,000 customers. The outage stretched from Jamestown to Groveland, including Pine Mountain Lake, and followed Jacksonville Road and Highway 120. Originally, 2,705 customers’ lights went off just after 1 p.m.; that number dropped to 86. Their estimated restoration time is still set at 7:30 p.m. The utility is now advising that the cause was “a car that hit a power pole. Around the same time this afternoon, we reported that the CHP was on the scene of a solo vehicle crash involving a sedan that smashed into a power pole on Quartz Alley and the Jacksonville Road intersection. The pole and live power lines came down across the vehicle. Luckily, there were no injuries in this collision.

Update at 4 p.m.:  PG&E reports that crews are making progress on a power outage in Tuolumne County that had impacted 2,705 customers. The utility reports that number has dropped to 86. The outage stretches from Jamestown to Groveland, including Pine Mountain Lake, and follows Jacksonville Road and Highway 120.

Original post at 1:40 p.m.: Tuolumne County, CA – PG&E is reporting a power outage in Tuolumne County that impacts nearly 3,000 customers.

The outage stretches from Jamestown to Groveland, including Pine Mountain Lake, and follows Jacksonville Road and Highway 120. The utility reports that 2,705 customers’ lights went off just after 1 p.m., and the estimated restoration time is 7:30 p.m.Crews are investigating this outage, but no cause has been given.

It is unclear if the two are linked, but the CHP is reporting a solo vehicle crash involving a sedan that smashed into a power pole on Quartz Alley and the Jacksonville Road intersection also just after 1 p.m.  The pole and live power lines came down across the vehicle. The CHP details that a PG&E crew has been called to the scene to repair the pole and lines. Luckily, there were no injuries in this collision. The map below shows where the crash took place.