Power restored for 2,300 in Socorro, San Elizario who lost service after car hit pole
SOCORRO, Texas -- Over 2,300 El Paso Electric customers were without power in the Socorro and San Elizario areas at one point Friday night due to outages caused by a traffic crash.
The EPE outage map indicated that the power loss occurred at 8:07 p.m. with 2,324 homes and businesses impacted. A utility spokesman said service had been restored to 1,092 customers as of 10:20 p.m.; about an hour later less than 50 remained without electricity.
Utility officials said a vehicle struck a pole along Socorro Road to trigger the outage; no other details about that crash were immediately available.