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Power Back on for Most After Outage

A traffic accident caused a power outage for about 2,600 residents in North Redondo Beach Sunday morning, according to Southern California Edison's online power outage map.

Editor's note: This article was updated at 10:15 p.m. Sunday.

Around 2,600 north Redondo Beach residents were without power Sunday morning following a traffic accident that knocked down power lines and power poles, according to Southern California Edison.

Edison's outage website indicated that the incident occurred near the intersection of Clark and Phelan lanes at about 5 a.m. Sunday.

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According to comments posted on Patch, a power surge that damaged electronics preceded the outage.

As of 10:15 a.m. Sunday, 2,606 customers were without power; however, it appeared that only two were without power by 8:45 p.m.

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Crews were completing repairs at 8:45 p.m., and power was expected to be restored to the remaining two customers by 6 a.m. Monday.


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