One dead after car crashes into pole near Dos Palos leaving many without power

MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Authorities are investigating a deadly aboriginal greeting clang that near galore without powerfulness connected Sunday aft a conveyance slammed into a powerfulness rod connected Highway 33 astatine Cypress Road northbound of Dos Palos.

The California Highway Patrol says the interaction caused customers to suffer powerfulness and forced officers to unopen down the road from Azusa Avenue to Eucalyptus Road for respective hours.

Utility crews continued moving done the day to reconstruct service, but officials estimation that powerfulness volition not beryllium afloat restored until astir 9 p.m.

The CHP has not released details connected what caused the clang oregon the individuality of the idiosyncratic killed.

The probe is ongoing.