Power restored for more than 14K customers in Dartmouth

Power was out in much of Dartmouth, N.S., Monday afternoon following a traffic collision.

A large power outage in Dartmouth, N.S., Monday afternoon affecting thousands of customers is over.

More than 14,000 customers were without electricity as of 1 p.m., according to Nova Scotia Power’s outage map. Power was restored later in the day.

The utility says the outage, which stretched from Crichton Park to Eastern Passage, was the result of a “vehicle accident.”

CTV News reached out to Nova Scotia Power for more information.

NSCC said the Ivany Campus, including the Aviation Institute, closed due to the outage.

The campus reopened as of 3:30 p.m.

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