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<p>WILKES-BARRE TWP. &#8212; Nearly 1,300 PPL Electric Customers were without power for a time Friday night after a vehicle crashed into a utility pole at Perkins in Wilkes-Barre Township.</p><p>A post on the Township Police Department&#8217;s Facebook page said the mid-evening crash outside the Route 309 restaurant brought down a pole and wires.</p><p>As a result, traffic lights at many intersections went dark, and drivers were urged to proceed with caution. Reports of lights out included Route 309 and many intersections in South Wilkes-Barre, the Heights section and surrounding areas.</p><p>PPL customers in Wilkes-Barre city and township and Hanover Township also were left in the dark. Most had their power back by 10:30 p.m., according to PPL&#8217;s outage website.</p><p><em> &#8212; Roger DuPuis and Patrick Kernan</em></p><style>
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Widespread power outage following Perkins crash