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SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KSLA) – A motor vehicle crash sparked flickering lights and power outages that affected thousands of AEP-SWEPCO customers on Saturday November 20, a spokesperson told KSLA News 12.
Shreveport Police have confirmed the wreckage involved a stolen car. The driver lost control of the vehicle after just a few blocks and the car struck a police department, a spokesperson said.
Further details of the accident are not readily available.
The wreckage temporarily disrupted electrical service to about 7,000 customers in the east, southeast and, to a much more limited extent, southwest of Shreveport, the AEP spokesperson said. -SWEPCO. Some customers south of Bossier City have also been impacted.
Service to all affected areas was restored at 7 p.m. Saturday.
Currently, only 76 of AEP-SWEPCO’s 540,315 customers are without service. These include 13 in Arkansas, 25 in Louisiana, and 38 in Texas.
Click here to report an outage to AEP-SWEPCO Click here to view the AEP-SWEPCO outage map. It provides the approximate location of outages, the number of customers affected and the estimated time when service will be restored.
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