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UPDATED: Power restored to thousands in Saanich

More than 2,800 people were affected
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Almost 3,000 people are without power following an early morning crash on Quadra Street. (BC Hydro outage map)

Power has been restored to those affected by the early morning outage due to a motor vehicle crash early Tuesday moring.

A motor vehicle crash left almost 3,000 people without power and closed Quadra Street in both directions for several hours.

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Saanich Police responded to a crash at 3:15 a.m. in the 4100-block of Quadra Street for a single vehicle that struck a hydro pole.

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The driver was transported to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.



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