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Pole sheared in crash

UPDATE: 11:15 a.m.

Utility crews are at the scene of a sheared-off power pole in east Kelowna.

The pole was ripped from the ground in a collision, when it was struck by a vehicle.

It's lying on trees in an orchard.


ORIGINAL: 9:30 a.m.

Castanet has learned that a power pole in East Kelowna has been sheared in half after a vehicle collided with the pole on Bemrose Road and Reekie Road.

Fortis indicates 67 customers are without power right now and a second ambulance has been called to the scene.

No word on the extent of injuries at this time.



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