{"id":863583,"date":"2026-08-19T09:34:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T09:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/863583\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T09:34:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T09:34:25","slug":"brampton-overnight-crash-knocks-down-hydro-poles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/863583\/","title":{"rendered":"Brampton overnight crash knocks down hydro poles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A stretch of Rosedale Avenue in Brampton remains closed Tuesday after a single\u2011vehicle collision overnight toppled several hydro poles and triggered a large power outage affecting thousands of residents.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency crews were called to the area around 1:12 a.m. after the vehicle struck hydro equipment along the roadway. Peel paramedics say no injuries were reported and no one was transported to hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The crash forced the closure of Rosedale Avenue between Fairglen Avenue and Mill Street, a disruption officials say will last until hydro crews complete extensive repairs.<\/p>\n<p>Power outage impacts thousands<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/8371de586076441192a1fa7058816c00#data_s=id%3AdataSource_2-18ef179e7d8-layer-9%3A4&amp;widget_6=active_datasource_id:dataSource_2,scale:299526.6233432232,level:9.96320000000061\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">According to the latest outage data<\/a>, the collision initially left 4,376 customers without electricity. As of late Tuesday morning, 1,167 customers remain without power. The outage is attributed to a vehicle collision, listed by utility operator Alectra.<\/p>\n<p>Hydro crews on scene told 680 NewsRadio that some power is expected to be restored by noon, but a pocket of the neighbourhood will likely remain offline for the rest of the day as workers replace damaged poles and stabilize the system.<\/p>\n<p>Drivers are being asked to use alternate routes until the roadway fully reopens.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/85a61216-bff2-489d-8c2a-8f8661b067e2-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" ratio=\"16x9\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tEmergency crews were called to the area around 1:12 a.m. after the vehicle struck hydro equipment along the roadway. Photo: Walter Korolewych\/CityNews. <\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Toronto as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=toronto.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A stretch of Rosedale Avenue in Brampton remains closed Tuesday after a single\u2011vehicle collision overnight toppled several hydro&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":863584,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194339],"tags":[51759,49,48],"class_list":["post-863583","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\/863583","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=863583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/863584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=863583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=863583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=863583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}