Power restored after morning crash takes out hydro, police looking for truck driver

Crews work to restore power on a section of Ojibway Parkway in Windsor, Ont., on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (Chris Campbell/CTV News Windsor)

Essex Powerlines has restored power after a transport truck hit a utility pole, causing an outage that impacted almost 3,000 customers in LaSalle and Amherstburg.

According to a social media post by Essex Powerlines at 6:54 a.m., the outage was affecting 2,992 customers.

Power was restored for about 500 customers in Amherstburg by 8:30 a.m. At 10 a.m., about 2,500 customers in LaSalle were still without power.

At 10:19 a.m., the company said restoration was complete.

Windsor police say a transport truck hit a utility pole on Ojibway Parkway at Sprucewood at 6:30 a.m. on Thursday. The road was closed for traffic in both directions, but has since reopened for the westbound lanes.