Car crash knocks out power overnight in city's west end

A car hit a telephone pole in the early hours of Thursday morning, causing a power outage that affected more than 1,300 customers in Ottawa’s west end.
Hydro Ottawa lists the outage as beginning at 11:13 p.m., and was mostly in the area around Pinecrest Road and the Queensway.
Ottawa police have said that they believe a mechanical failure caused the crash, but that there were no serious injuries.
Power was restored by 4:30 a.m., according to Hydro Ottawa.
The outage came after a day filled