Driver Rams Power Pole In Moraga Thursday; Touches Off Spot Fires, Outages

Oct 19, 2017|NEWS24-680||Police/Fire

A crash in the 1100 block of Moraga Road – across from the Moraga Skatepark – damaged power poles and dropped live wires in the area Thursday afternoon – briefly knocking out power to the surrounding neighborhood and touching off a couple of small spot fires.

Residents were made aware of the crash at around 3:25 p.m. as lights flickered and then died. Bystanders reported the wreckage of a car on Moraga Road across from the skate park and responding police officers were on scene in minutes.

A kid in a brown t-shirt was filming in the area “with a really nice camera” and may have captured more than he bargained for – or so we are told.

Moraga Road is closed (4:37 p.m.) between Corliss and St. Mary’s Road and will be until 5 a.m. Friday while PG&E works on those compromised poles.

22 Comments

Rob U on Oct 19, 2017 at 6:17 pm

oh, that’s what caused the outage this afternoon. Boy, that is one lucky driver!

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Zoe Claire-Banks on Oct 19, 2017 at 8:32 pm

How did that happen?

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Matthew Hannafin on Oct 19, 2017 at 11:07 pm

You have to lose it pretty badly to end up like that.

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Dan Bertia on Oct 19, 2017 at 11:09 pm

Strange that one person in a car can do all that.

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A Santos on Oct 19, 2017 at 11:10 pm

O my!! Haven’t don that yet!!

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Kim Gunderson on Oct 19, 2017 at 11:14 pm

Holy moly!

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GF on Oct 20, 2017 at 9:32 am

As of 8:15am, road was still closed with detour following Corliss.

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- NEWS24-680 on Oct 20, 2017 at 10:06 am
  
  @GF – That’s right, GF. Flashed that news to our Flashers in the area this morning.
  
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GF on Oct 20, 2017 at 10:28 am

Sad to have missed out on that flash! I use that route to avoid Miramonte traffic in the morning…

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Bob Mayfield on Oct 20, 2017 at 10:58 am

For a ‘quiet’ suburban road that stretch sees its share of automotive mishap. Didn’t we have a couple of fatal incidents in there? What’s it posted for? 25? 35?

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C. Baudin-Mains on Oct 20, 2017 at 11:26 am

With a baby in the car?

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Kris Kagen on Oct 20, 2017 at 12:32 pm

Hurry up with that driverless car Google.

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Risa Burch on Oct 20, 2017 at 1:23 pm

This happens a lot?

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V. Pelley on Oct 20, 2017 at 1:25 pm

I cant even begin to imagine how that happened.

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Bryce Siegelmann on Oct 20, 2017 at 1:31 pm

I am no longer surprised by what I see on our roads. I try to stay off them as much as possible.

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Tricia Yung on Oct 20, 2017 at 3:52 pm

The times says this happened after 6 pm????

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- NEWS24-680 on Oct 20, 2017 at 4:10 pm
  
  @Tricia – The Times is wrong. About 3:25 p.m.
  
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Greg T on Oct 20, 2017 at 6:13 pm

News24 680 had the time right! They usually get everything right! I trust them first over other media.:)

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- NEWS24-680 on Oct 21, 2017 at 10:10 am
  
  @Greg T – Appreciate that vote of confidence, Greg. Nice to have you with us!
  
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Tricia Yung on Oct 21, 2017 at 11:40 am

Agree. The times report sounded off.

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Lourdes Meza-Castillo on Oct 21, 2017 at 12:00 pm

Glad no one was hurt. That could have been a LOT worse!!

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Robert Canfield on Oct 24, 2017 at 2:29 pm

That pole is still a little wonky

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