KENTWOOD, Mich. — A traffic accident left thousands of Kentwood residents without electrical service Saturday morning.
At 8:04 a.m. Saturday, Consumers Energy began receiving calls about a power outage in a triangular-shaped area bounded by 32nd Street SE on the north, Kalamazoo Avenue SE on the west, 43rd Street SE on the south and Shaffer Avenue SE on the east.
Consumers said 2,076 customers were without electricity.
Consumers crews said the outage was caused by a car hitting a utility pole. They originally estimated the time of restoration as 3:15 p.m. Saturday, but at that hour the estimated restoration time was adjusted to 8:15 p.m. Saturday.
