March 28, 2022 - As of 2:30am, power has been restored to many locations.
March 28, 2022 - Center Police Officers are investigating a crash that occurred sometime after 12-midnight March 28, 2022.
The vehicle appears to have been traveling westbound on Nacogdoches Street in Center when it first collided with a utility pole at the intersection with Wheeler Avenue, leaving the pole across the intersection.
After the initial collision, it appeared the vehicle continued at great speed colliding with yet another utility pole, and continuing into a yard beside a brick house at the corner of Nacogdoches Street and Sandel Street. There it appeared the vehicle became entangled in a guy wire beside another utility pole, which was snapped near its top during the incident.
Center Police Officers located the driver on the city square after abandoning the crash scene.
The Center Fire Department is assisting with traffic control and drivers are being redirected until the damage has been repaired. There is no reported restoration time as of 1:35am.
Resulting outages from the crash are known to have occurred on San Augustine Street, Shelbyville Street, Nacogdoches Street and Field Street.
Additional details will be updated as they’re made available.
