Clallam County Sheriff's deputies and rescue workers from Clallam County Fire District No. 2 investigate the scene where a car struck a utility pole on Mount Angeles Road at Bent Cedars Way near the south edge of Port Angeles today. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

Clallam County Sheriff's deputies and rescue workers from Clallam County Fire District No. 2 investigate the scene where a car struck a utility pole on Mount Angeles Road at Bent Cedars Way near the south edge of Port Angeles today. Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

2nd UPDATE — Electrical power restored, Mount Angeles Road reopened, after car takes down power pole this morning

PORT ANGELES — Electricity was restored to all 250 customers in the Mount Angeles area by 4:20 this afternoon after a car crashing into a power pole cut off power to them this morning.

Mount Angeles Road was reopened at about the same time.

The road was blocked and power was cut to Clallam County Pubic Utility District customers wen a car hit a power pole at Bent Cedars Way and Mount Angeles Road at about 10:30 a.m. today.

Mount Angeles Road was opened by 1 p.m. to alternating traffic while PUD workers replaced the ole and repaired the lines, said Mike Howe, PUD spokesman.

No one was hurt in the wreck, which involved only one car, said Brian King, chief criminal deputy for the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office,

The pole fell across Mount Angeles Road and took power lines down with it.

The wreck is under investigation by Clallam County Sheriff’s deputies.

________

Reporter Arwyn Rice can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. 5070, or at arice@peninsuladailynews.com.

More in News

Highway 112 partially reopens to single-lane traffic

Maintenance crews have reopened state Highway 112 between Sekiu… Continue reading

Laken Folsom, a Winter Ice Village employee, tries to remove leaves that blew in from this week’s wind storm before they freeze into the surface of the rink on Thursday. The Winter Ice Village, operated by the Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce in the 100 block of West Front Street, opens today and runs through Jan. 5. Hours are from noon to 9 p.m. daily. New this year is camera showing the current ice village conditions at www.skatecam.org. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Ice village opens in Port Angeles

Laken Folsom, a Winter Ice Village employee, tries to remove leaves that… Continue reading

Fort PDA receiver protecting assets

Principal: New revenue streams needed

Ella Biss, 4, sits next to her adoptive mother, Alexis Biss, as they wait in Clallam County Family Court on Thursday for the commencement of the ceremony that will formalize the adoption of Ella and her 9-year-old brother John. (Emma Maple/Peninsula Daily News)
Adoption ceremony highlights need for Peninsula foster families

State department says there’s a lack of foster homes for older children, babies

Legislature to decide fate of miscalculation

Peninsula College may have to repay $339K

The Sequim Valley Lions Club donated $5,000 the Sequim Unit of the Boys Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula.
Mary Budke, on left, and Norma Turner, on right, received the donation on behalf of the Boys Girls Clubs.
Lions donation

The Sequim Valley Lions Club donated $5,000 the Sequim Unit of the… Continue reading

Jae McGinley
Jae McGinley selected for fellowship, scholarship

Jae McGinley has been selected for the Next Generation… Continue reading

A street sweeper on I Street in Port Angeles cleans up the street along the curbs of all the debris that blew down during Tuesday evening’s storm. Thousands were without power at the peak of the storm. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Storm causes power outages, road closures

Smaller weather system may hit Friday

Port Angeles funds lodging tax requests

Sixteen applications to undergo review

Port Townsend’s Water Street sewer project gets funds

City council authorizes contracts; construction to start in January

Port of Port Angeles commissioners approve 2025 budget

Board OKs project that would treat seawater to make it less acidic