{"id":863171,"date":"2026-08-19T01:34:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T01:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/863171\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T01:34:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T01:34:15","slug":"power-being-restored-for-thousands-of-brampton-homes-and-businesses-after-collision-knocked-down-hydro-poles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/863171\/","title":{"rendered":"Power being restored for thousands of Brampton homes and businesses after collision knocked down hydro poles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 2 minutes<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p>Power is currently being restored for thousands of homes and businesses in Brampton after a single-vehicle collision knocked down two hydro poles causing an outage, according to Alectra Utilities.<\/p>\n<p>The outage initially affected 4,376 homes and business, according to an Alectra social media post. The company says that number had dropped to 83 homes and businesses as of 11:50 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Power is expected to be fully restored between 10 p.m. and 12 a.m. according to Alectra&#8217;s recent social media post. In an earlier statement to CBC News Tuesday morning, the company said most customers could see their power back by 9 a.m., but some customers may remain without power longer while the damaged poles are replaced.  \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The collision happened on Rosedale Avenue just around 1:15 a.m. according to a statement from Peel Regional Police.\u00a0On social media, police said a vehicle hit several hydro poles. <\/p>\n<p>As of 7 a.m., Rosedale Avenue was closed between Fairglen Avenue and Mill Street and police said it could remain closed until the afternoon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The driver of the vehicle was arrested for impaired driving, police said. Paramedics said everyone on scene refused to be assessed or transported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":863172,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194339],"tags":[51759,49,48],"class_list":["post-863171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brampton","tag-brampton","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=863171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/863172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=863171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=863171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=863171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}