A crash has left more than 1,500 homes in North Surrey without power.
It happened while snow fell across the region.
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The affected area is from Fraser Highway to roughly 82nd Avenue, and King George Boulevard to 146th Street.
Shortly before 1 p.m. BC Hydro tweeted that crews were on route to the area.
REMINDER: EB 88 Ave at 144 St remains closed as hydro crews are repairing poles due to the earlier accident. Consider other east-west routes. #SurreyBC ^rm
— Surrey Traffic (@SurreyTraffic) February 23, 2018
Crews are enroute to an outage affecting 1,550 customers in #SurreyBC due to a motor vehicle accident. They'll share updates as available on our mobile site: https://t.co/9ecsS4mt3W pic.twitter.com/RiYtdu00uJ
— BC Hydro (@bchydro) February 23, 2018
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