Crews were working to replace the pole in order to restore power to all customers.
UPDATE @ 6:59 p.m.: Residents in the area of the vehicle crash will be without electric service for several hours because the car destroyed a utility pole, DP&L spokesman Tom Tatham said.
The outage is affecting approximately 224 customers. Tatham said replacing the pole will require a significant amount of work and it could be 11 p.m. or later before power in the area is restored.
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UPDATE @ 6:05 p.m.
Residents in the block around Otterbein Avenue and Stanford Place report they are without power after a car crashed into a pole and flipped over.
According to the Dayton Power & Light Co. online outage map, there are 232 customers without power in Montgomery County. We have reached out to DP&L to find out how many are related to the crash, and when power can be restored.
UPDATE @ 5:50 p.m.
There were no occupants inside a car that crashed into a utility pole and landed on its top this evening in Dayton.
The pole was snapped, but the single-vehicle crash reported around 5:25 p.m. did not bring down any wires.
Credit: JIM NOELKER / STAFF
Credit: JIM NOELKER / STAFF
Otterbein Avenue was shut down in the area of the crash, but Stanford Place remained open while police investigated.
FIRST REPORT
A car is on its top this evening following a crash.
The crash was reported around 5:25 p.m. at Otterbein Avenue and Stanford Place in Dayton.
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