Car crashed into utility pole on Loop 375, caused Saturday morning power outage and highway closure

More than 2,300 people were without electricity Saturday morning in northeast El Paso after a car crashed into a utility pole at Loop 375 and Kenworthy.

Police shut down Loop 375 while they used an excavator to get a trapped person out of the car.

By early afternoon, officials said Loop 375 had reopened to normal traffic and power had been restored to those impacted by the outage.

Loop 375 East at Kenworthy, collision, FINAL, all lanes open on Woodrow Bean Transmountain East at Kenworthy, no backup.

— @EPPOLICETRAFFIC (@eppolicetraffic) September 14, 2019