POWER WAS OUT for nearly five hours after a car lost control on the snow covered road and hit a utility pole on Route 24 in Topsham near the Bowdoinham town line Wednesday morning.
Hundreds of Central Maine Power Co. customers were without electricity for about five hours as crews repaired a utility pole sheared by a car Wednesday morning.
The crash was reported at 8:46 a.m. on Route 24 near the Bowdoinham town line. Traffic was closed on both ends and in Topsham, detoured down Foreside Road.
Topsham police say Erynn Taylor, 24, was driving a 2001 Subaru Legacy traveling south on Route 24 when she lost control on the snow-covered roadway and struck the utility pole before coming to rest in a ditch. She was not injured.
The CMP website reported more than 1,000 power outages, most in Bowdoinham and Topsham but also some in Bowdoin and a handful in Richmond. Power was restored shortly before 2 p.m.
Maine State Police also warned drivers to drive slow. They posted on their website at around 8:30 a.m. Wednesday morning that a southbound vehicle had rolled over on Interstate 295 in Topsham near mile 31. The driver suffered minor injuries.
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