THANK YOU. LET’S GET TO THIS BREAKING UPDATE HERE. WITHIN THE LAST 30 MINUTES, THOUSANDS OF OGNI CUSTOMERS GETTING THEIR LIGHTS BACK ON AFTER A CAR CRASHED INTO A POWER POLE OVERNIGHT IN OGNI. THEY WERE WORKING FOR HOURS ON DOWNED POWER LINES. KOCO CAMERON SIBERT LIVE FOR US AND CAMERON TALK ABOUT THAT SCENE. EARLIER WE SAW THOSE OGNI CREWS. THEY STILL THEY’RE THERE THIS MORNING. YEAH, THEY’RE STILL HERE BEHIND US. GOOD NEWS. LIKE YOU GUYS SAID, THE POWER HAS BEEN TURNED BACK ON JUST IN TIME FOR PEOPLE TO SET OUT ON THEIR THURSDAY MORNING. BUT YOU CAN SEE THE CREWS ARE STILL HERE WORKING. THEY ACTUALLY REPLACED THIS POWER POLE THAT WAS STRUCK BY THAT CAR. AND THEN THE SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH AROUND 2:00 THIS MORNING, AN SUV THAT WAS PRETTY HEAVILY DAMAGED. BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT THESE TEAMS WITH OGNI HAVE WORKED PRETTY FAST TO GET THINGS RESTORED. LIKE YOU GUYS MENTIONED, THE POWER CAME BACK ON WITHIN THE LAST HOUR OR SO. SKY FIVE’S OVER THE SCENE HERE SHOWING YOU 10TH AND MERIDIAN THIS AREA AS CARS START TO MAKE THEIR MORNING COMMUTE. SOME OF THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS ARE STILL USING THE THE BLINKING RED LIGHT. SO THAT’S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER IF YOU’RE COMING THROUGH THIS AREA. MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT SLOWER THAN USUAL, BUT THE LIGHTS ARE BACK ON. WE DID TALK TO ONE RESIDENT A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED WHEN HE WOKE UP THIS MORNING TO NO POWER. HE NO POWER. HE GO TO THE RESTROOM. THEY SAY NO POWER. YEAH, YOU DON’T PAY THE BILL? NO, YOU PAY THE BILL. PERO EVERYTHING OKAY NOW? I HAVE THE POWER NOW. HE EVEN WONDERED IF HE FORGOT TO PAY THE BILL. I’M SURE A LOT OF PEOPLE CONFUSED IN THIS AREA. WAKING UP WITHOUT POWER THIS MORNING. ABOUT 5000 PEOPLE THAT WERE IMPACTED. BUT AGAIN, THE GOOD NEWS IS THE POWER IS NOW BACK ON NEAR 10TH AND MERIDIAN. HERE THE OG CREWS JUST DOING SOME FINAL TOUCHES ON THE RESTORATION HERE NEAR 10TH AND MERIDIAN. BUT AGAIN THE GOOD NEWS THE LIGHTS BACK ON HERE IN THIS
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OG&E crews restore power to people in west Oklahoma City after crash causes outage
A resident in the area told KOCO 5 that they were confused when they woke up without power.
Power has been restored to residents on the west side of the Oklahoma City metro after a crash caused an overnight outage.Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.Police say an SUV knocked out a power pole around 2 a.m. on Thursday near 10th Street and Meridian Avenue, causing a power outage that affected about 5,000 customers. OG&E crews responded and restored power. KOCO 5 crews drove through the area earlier Thursday morning, finding a lot of people without power. A resident in the area told KOCO 5 that they were confused when they woke up without power.>> Download the KOCO 5 App"When I came out in the morning, I see no power. My wife said, 'Did you pay the bill?' I said, 'Yeah, I paid the bill.' But when I came outside, no power," Efrin Rodriguez said. "Everything is OK. I have power now."Oklahoma City police share information about the driver or say what caused them to crash.Top HeadlinesWhat we know about the 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony'Wreck a guy's livelihood': Shawnee rancher has been losing cattle rapidly and unexpectedlyOklahoma school districts respond to Ryan Walter’s classroom Bible demandAn 18-year-old and a juvenile face felony charges in Shawnee cattle killingWoman behind bars after going on chase with niece in car
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Power has been restored to residents on the west side of the Oklahoma City metro after a crash caused an overnight outage.
Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.
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Police say an SUV knocked out a power pole around 2 a.m. on Thursday near 10th Street and Meridian Avenue, causing a power outage that affected about 5,000 customers. OG&E crews responded and restored power.
KOCO 5 crews drove through the area earlier Thursday morning, finding a lot of people without power.
A resident in the area told KOCO 5 that they were confused when they woke up without power.
>> Download the KOCO 5 App
"When I came out in the morning, I see no power. My wife said, 'Did you pay the bill?' I said, 'Yeah, I paid the bill.' But when I came outside, no power," Efrin Rodriguez said. "Everything is OK. I have power now."
Oklahoma City police share information about the driver or say what caused them to crash.
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