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News brief: Large portion of Centralia without power after wreck

Updated at 11:25 a.m.

By Sharyn  L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

Almost 1,400 customers are without electricity after a vehicle struck a power pole at North Tower Avenue and Fourth Street in Centralia this morning.

Jeff Hoyt of Centralia City Light said it happened about 10 a.m. and is affecting areas downtown as well as around Edison Elementary School and Mellen Street.

Crews decided to “work it hot” instead of denergizing to get the power back to customers more quickly, he said.

Hoyt expected it would be fixed within the next two hours, by around noon or 1 p.m.

A woman driving the pickup truck involved was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital, according to Riverside Fire Authority