Easton area power outage caused by crash affects 2,300 customers

Power has been restored to more than 2,000 Met-Ed customers after an outage Thursday evening in the Easton area.

WFMZ-TV reported that a car crashed into a utility pole in the area of Wood Avenue and North 17th Street in Wilson around 5:30 p.m., causing a transformer to catch fire.

At the peak of the outages, more than 2,300 Met-Ed customers in Wilson and Easton were without power, according to the report.

Photos shared to social media showed traffic lights out at the busy intersection of Wood Avenue and Northampton Street.

By around 7:45 p.m., the number of outages was down to around 1,500 Met-Ed customers. About 1,250 of the outages were in Wilson, with another 200 in Easton, according to Met-Ed’s outage map.

No further details were immediately available.