{"id":478281,"date":"2026-09-28T14:12:38","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T14:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/478281\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T14:12:38","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T14:12:38","slug":"car-collides-with-pole-brings-down-power-lines-in-west-central-fresno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/478281\/","title":{"rendered":"Car collides with pole, brings down power lines in West Central Fresno"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police are investigating an early-morning crash that brought down power lines and closed part of Brawley Avenue in West Central Fresno.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KFSN logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790604756_246_origin-kfsn.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Monday, September 28, 2026 1:40PM<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) &#8212; Police are investigating an early-morning crash that brought down power lines and closed part of Brawley Avenue in West Central Fresno.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The crash happened before 5 a.m. on Brawley Avenue between McKinley and Clinton avenues, where a car collided with a pole.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Power lines are down in the area. One PG&amp;E customer is currently without power, with full restoration expected by 8:45 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">It is unclear what led to the crash.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl vBqtr KrDt itslR zFTjo hakZw HlUVI \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/19883569_092826-kfsn-dig-wc-fresno-car-crash.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Brawley Avenue is closed between McKinley and Clinton avenues. Drivers who normally travel through the area during their morning commute are advised to find an alternate route.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">This is a developing story. Stay with Action News for updates.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KFSN-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police are investigating an early-morning crash that brought down power lines and closed part of Brawley Avenue in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":478282,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[187712,9796,108138,112,89519,114,113,3604,294,107765],"class_list":["post-478281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-187712","tag-brawley-avenue","tag-downed-power-lines","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-crash","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news","tag-pge","tag-timely","tag-traffic-closure"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478281\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/478282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=478281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}