Power outage, cut gas line closes Queens Road in Myers Park for hours

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Queens Road in Myers Park was closed for hours Tuesday morning while crews worked to contain a gas leak after a driver crashed into a pole overnight, knocking out power to more than 200 people in the area.

BREAKING | Queens Road is shut down in both directions at Hermitage.

A driver ran into power pole, knocking out power to 200+ homes. @wsoctv @TrafficTeam9 pic.twitter.com/ISlhv2Pk3O
— Mark Barber (@MBarberWSOC9) April 10, 2018

Officials told Channel 9 that a vehicle slammed into a utility pole around 1 a.m., knocking out the power.

When crews began work to fix the damaged pole, they accidentally clipped a gas line.

Repair crews are also trying to contain a gas leak on Queens Road.

They clipped the gas line when they were trying to fix the damaged power pole.

Crews hope to restore power by 7 a.m. @wsoctv pic.twitter.com/DwgjjVimHD
— Mark Barber (@MBarberWSOC9) April 10, 2018

Queens Road was closed between Hermitage Court and Henley Place while crews worked to repair everything. Duke Energy officials said the power was restored by 10 a.m.

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