Crash takes out power to part of Cole County

Matthew Sanders

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)

A crash took out electricity to more than 600 Ameren Missouri customers Wednesday just after noon.

Ameren’s outage map reported 611 customers without service centered in the Apache Flats area of western Jefferson City. Restoration could take three hours, the map says.

Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Kyle Green said troopers were on the way to the crash scene at 5010 Business 50 W.

Cole County dispatchers said in a public alert that traffic was delayed in the area of West Business 50 and Gateway Drive after a crash.

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