UPDATE: Power Restored, Ocean Drive Reopened After Truck Snags Wires, Transformers Fall

AVALON – A por­tion of Ocean Drive in Avalon between 13th-16th streets that had been closed Fri­day, June 13 due to an accident has been re-opened by the Avalon Office of Emer­gency Man­age­ment, according to the Borough of Avalon’s wesbite.
An acci­dent involv­ing a trac­tor trailer and sev­eral util­ity poles caused a clo­sure of that sec­tion of Ocean Drive for 15 hours.
Util­ity crews con­tinue to work in the area; please exercise caution while driving and obey all safety and traffic signs. Atlantic City Elec­tric reports that all power has been restored to the north end of Avalon. If you have any power related issues, please con­tact Atlantic City Elec­tric or visit its web­site, www.atlanticcityelectric.com.
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A major power outage will affect sections of the northern end of Avalon Friday night, June 13 and Saturday morning, June 14, according to the Borough of Avalon’s wesbite.
Shortly before 3:30 p.m., a tractor trailer accident caused the destruction of four utility poles at 15th Street and Ocean Drive. All of the poles were destroyed along with the power transformers. The resulting power outage affected 1,400 customers, largely in the vicinity of Ocean Drive in the northern section of Avalon.
At around 6:00 p.m. June 13, Avalon released an update on their Facebook page stating that “Atlantic City Electric reports that the number of outages are now reduced to just under 200 customers. Customers will remain without power from the vicinity of 16th Street north to the Townsend’s Inlet Bridge along and between Ocean Drive and Dune Drive. Some outages in the immediate area of the accident at 15th Street and Ocean Drive will likely remain without power into the overnight hours.”
Atlantic City Electric is on the scene and will restore electricity as quickly as possible. You can receive live updates on the power outage by visiting the power outage map at www.atlanticcityelectric.com.
In addition, the Avalon Office of Emergency Management reports that Ocean Drive between 13th Street and 16th Street will be closed to all pedestrian and vehicular traffic until at least Saturday morning, June 14, as new poles and transformers are placed into service.
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An afternoon power outage occurred in Avalon after a truck hit some wires and took out two transformers around 14th Street and Ocean Drive at around 3:30 p.m. June 13, according to Avalon Public Information Officer Scott Wahl.
Firefighter crews are currently cleaning fluid that leaked from the transformers.
No injuries were reported.