Alleged impaired driver arrested after crashing into power pole, knocking out power in Halifax

A suspected impaired driver was arrested following a crash that knocked out power in the Halifax area Monday night.

A suspected impaired driver has been arrested following a crash that knocked out power to thousands of people in the Spryfield area of Halifax Monday night.

Halifax Regional Police responded to a single-vehicle collision in the 50-block area of Old Sambro Road around 9:30 p.m.

A car hit a power pole, causing significant damage.

Around 12,000 Nova Scotia Power customers were without electricity in the Spryfield, Herring Cove, and Sambro areas.

Power was restored around 6 a.m.

Police say the driver, who was the only person in the car, was arrested for impaired operation of a motor vehicle.

They were taken to hospital with serious, but non-life-threatening, injuries.

Police say their investigation is ongoing.

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