BEAUMONT: Traffic accident blacks out 391 homes, businesses

June 21, 2015 5:23 pm

A pre-dawn traffic wreck knocked out electricity to at least 391 homes and businesses in Beaumont, according to the Southern California Edison website.

The blackout happened at 2:53 a.m. Sunday, June 21, in the general area of Oak Valley Parkway and Beaumont Avenue.

Full electrical service was expected to be restored to be restored about 6 p.m.

Daytime temperatures in the area were predicted to peak in the mid-90s, according to the National Weather Service.

Calls to Beaumont Police Department for details of the crash were not immediately returned.