SALT LAKE CITY — Thousands of Salt Lake City residents were without power Tuesday morning after a driver ran a red light and slammed into a power pole.
More than 5,000 customers of Rocky Mountain Power were without electricity at any given time Tuesday morning and as of noon, under 500 customers were still without power.
South Salt Lake Police said the crash happened along 500 East, although an exact address wasn't known.
Utah Transit Authority reported just before 8 a.m. that a car had collided with a power pole and riders should expect delays on TRAX due to the collision.
No TRAX trains were involved in the crash.
As officials worked to repair the damage, UTA put a van bridge in place covering the route from Fairmont Park to the TRAX station at 21st South.
In addition, UTA advised people in the area to keep a distance of 35 feet from "the exposed wires and catenary line."
Rocky Mountain Power said they are aware of an outage "impacting many customers in Salt Lake City and South Salt Lake" and they expect power to be restored to everyone by 5 p.m. Tuesday.
UTA officials told FOX 13 News they're expecting the power to be out for "quite some time."
No injuries were reported in the crash and the driver of the vehicle was cited for speeding and a red light violation, police reported.
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