Accident causes Whitley County power outage

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By SBT 24/7 News

Story Created: Feb 11, 2009 at 4:38 AM EST

Story Updated: Feb 11, 2009 at 11:20 AM EST

Customers in a small community about 5 miles east of Pierceton, Ind., were without power early Wednesday.

There was no immediate word on how many people were affected after an accident caused the outage for Northeast REMC customers near Larwell, dispatchers for Whitley County said.

The accident happened when a semi-truck traveling along Indiana 5 hit a utility pole.

No one was injured in the crash.

Utility crews were working to get a new pole up as quickly as possible, authorities said.

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