BURLESON CO. CRASH LEAVES DOZENS WITHOUT POWER SUNDAY

  

Nearly one hundred people in Burleson County were without power for much of Sunday afternoon, following a crash that damaged several power poles along Highway 36 in Somerville.

Just after 11:30 a.m., one vehicle rear-ended another vehicle in the southbound lanes of the highway.

According to witnesses, a driver hit the vehicle in the right rear, lost control, and struck a power pole on the corner of 9th Street and 36.  The pole, wires, and transformer crashed to the ground, while other power poles were also damaged from the collapse.

No injuries were reported.

Power was eventually restored late Sunday afternoon.

According to authorities, the driver who collided with the vehicle was part of a military convoy, in her own personal vehicle, returning to Houston from Ft. Hood.