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Car crash blamed for morning power outage in Socorro, San Elizario

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A screenshot of El Paso Electric's outage map showing more than 2,000 customers in Socorro and San Elizario are without power.
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March 5, 2021 2:37 PM
Published 7:43 AM

SAN ELIZARIO, Texas (KVIA) -- More than 2,000 customers were without power in Socorro and San Elizario due to a Friday morning outage.

El Paso Electric's outage map showed the outage was first reported at 6:55 a.m. and affected 2,286 customers.

A spokesman for El Paso Electric said a car crashed into a transmission pole, causing the outage. It happened along Socorro Road between Thomson and Brisa Del Valle.

EP Electric crews had the issue resolved for everyone by afternoon.

To check out the utility's outage map, click here.

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