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Car crashes into pole, knocks transformer into Grand Rapids street

Posted at 6:50 AM, Dec 07, 2018
and last updated 2018-12-07 06:50:57-05

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — First responders are working to clear the scene of an accident after a car crashed into a pole, causing the transformer to fall into the street.

It happened around 5:30 a.m. Friday near the intersection of Fuller Avenue and 3 Mile Road in Grand Rapids.

Fuller Avenue has been closed south of 3 Mile since the crash.

No word on any injuries but more than 200 customers in the area are without power, according to the Consumers Energy Outage Map.