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More than 2,300 Entergy customers in Gonzales in the dark after car ran into power pole
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GONZALES - More than 2,300 Entergy customers in Gonzales were in the dark Sunday evening after a car ran into a power pole, knocking out electricity to the area.
The Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office said the crash happened along Highway 621 at Della Marchand Drive.
A photo shared by the sheriff's office showed the vehicle on its side in a ditch with power lines over the hood and another line across the road.
As of 5:50 p.m., Entergy's outage map says that 2,397 customers along Highway 621 and Black Bayou Road are out of service.
At 6:15 p.m., that number decreased to 202.
By 8:30 p.m., power had been restored across Ascension Parish.
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