{"id":863785,"date":"2026-08-19T13:34:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T13:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/863785\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T13:34:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T13:34:37","slug":"power-out-after-impaired-driving-crash-in-brampton-neighbourhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/863785\/","title":{"rendered":"Power out after impaired driving crash in Brampton neighbourhood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Power was knocked out in a Brampton neighbourhood overnight after a crash caused by an alleged impaired driver.<\/p>\n<p>Peel Regional Police said that at around 1:14 a.m., emergency crews responded to the scene on Rosedale Avenue, which is in the area of Main and Queen streets.<\/p>\n<p>Police said several hydro poles were knocked over due to a single-vehicle crash.<\/p>\n<p>The driver was reported to have suffered minor injuries and has been arrested for impaired driving, officers said.<\/p>\n<p>Alectra Utilities said power is now out to approximately 1,167 homes and businesses in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Crews are working, with the estimated time of restoration being sometime between 10 a.m. and noon.<\/p>\n<p>Road closures are in effect in the area and will likely remain in place until the afternoon when repairs are complete,\u00a0police said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-841327\" class=\"wp-image-841327 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-18-074336.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1015\" height=\"581\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-841327\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The area impacted by the power outage. (Alectra Utilities)<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insauga.com\/editorial-guidelines\" class=\"editorial-guidelines-link d-block mb-4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n            INsauga&#8217;s Editorial Standards and Policies        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last 30 Days: 32,994 Votes<\/p>\n<p>All Time: 1,471,783 Votes<\/p>\n<p>    1792 VOTES<br \/>\n    Do you think Billy Bishop Airport should be expanded?    <\/p>\n<p>\tWin two tickets to The Great Outdoors Comedy Festival (GOCF)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-841192 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GOCF_2026-Full-Weekend-MIS_1920x1080-1-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Enter for an exclusive chance to win\u00a02 tickets to Great Outdoors Comedy Festival (GOCF), a $500 Gift Card to Square One Shopping Centre, and a Visit Mississauga Swag Bag.\u00a0The approximate retail value of the prize is $1,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gform_required_legend\">&#8220;*&#8221; indicates required fields<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Power was knocked out in a Brampton neighbourhood overnight after a crash caused by an alleged impaired driver.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":848356,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194339],"tags":[51759,49,48],"class_list":["post-863785","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\/863785","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=863785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/848356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=863785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=863785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=863785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}