PARADISE — Approximately 600 Pacific Gas and Electric customers along Neal Road southwest of Paradise lost electricity due to a car crash Saturday.
A passenger car crashed into a power pole at Neal Road and McCann Drive at about 1:45 p.m., causing an outage that affected 594 addresses northeast to the Skyway. PG&E had originally estimated power restoration by 8:45 p.m. Saturday, but crews were able to get the lights back on by 2:45 p.m.
Twenty-one addresses still were without electricity at 5 p.m., according to the PG&E website. These customers were concentrated in the area near the crash site, on both sides of Neal Road and along Fawnridge Court, Sunnyside Lane and Royal Meadow Lane.
PG&E’s estimate for power restoration remained 8:45 p.m. for these addresses.
There were no injuries reported as a result of the crash.