{"id":232956,"date":"2026-04-03T04:38:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T04:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/232956\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T04:38:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T04:38:12","slug":"power-restored-after-18-wheeler-crash-in-east-el-paso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/232956\/","title":{"rendered":"Power restored after 18-wheeler crash in East El Paso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">EL PASO, Texas (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktsm.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:KTSM;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;KTSM&quot;}\" class=\"link \">KTSM<\/a>) \u2014 Power has been restored after a crash involving an 18-wheeler and a vehicle caused an outage on Thursday, April 2, according to the El Paso Police Department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The crash happened at 11751 Gateway Boulevard West, near Lee Trevino.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Aftermath of crash involving semi truck in East El Paso, causing a power outage affecting over 2,000 customers. Photo taken by Edith Montero\/KTSM\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"899\" height=\"674\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5412efc90a1d834e5ce5d155d826c836.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Aftermath of crash involving semi truck in East El Paso, causing a power outage affecting over 2,000 customers. Photo taken by Edith Montero\/KTSM<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Aftermath of crash involving semi truck in East El Paso, causing a power outage affecting over 2,000 customers. Photo taken by Edith Montero\/KTSM\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"899\" height=\"674\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0a4ee9431e8357a12e097c2f6a70a876.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Aftermath of crash involving semi truck in East El Paso, causing a power outage affecting over 2,000 customers. Photo taken by Edith Montero\/KTSM<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Aftermath of crash involving semi truck in East El Paso, causing a power outage affecting over 2,000 customers. Photo taken by Edith Montero\/KTSM\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"899\" height=\"674\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/6a94d363d337f9f46296b19daf291790.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Aftermath of crash involving semi truck in East El Paso, causing a power outage affecting over 2,000 customers. Photo taken by Edith Montero\/KTSM<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to a spokesperson by the El Paso Fire Department, the call happened shortly before 8 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">No injuries were reported, EPFD said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In a video on social media, you can see a vehicle on its side. Later, a broken light pole leaning on the semi truck. People are seen dining in restaurants in complete darkness and a movie theatre had to evacuate its customers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">El Paso Electric reported that about 2,300 customers were without power. After about 2 hours, services were restored.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Information is limited at this time, EPPD said. This is a developing story and will update you once we learn more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktsm.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTSM 9 News.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTSM 9 News.&quot;}\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTSM 9 News. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) \u2014 Power has been restored after a crash involving an 18-wheeler and a vehicle&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232957,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[7012,6714,1784,138,9236,140,139,2263,498,14428],"class_list":{"0":"post-232956","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-el-paso","8":"tag-18-wheeler","9":"tag-crash-involving","10":"tag-east-el-paso","11":"tag-el-paso","12":"tag-el-paso-fire-department","13":"tag-el-paso-headlines","14":"tag-el-paso-news","15":"tag-el-paso-police-department","16":"tag-ktsm","17":"tag-power-outage"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232956\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}