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FREEDOM BLVD CAR CRASH/ROAD CLOSURE 1-12-11 10:30 a.v.

Multiple roads in Santa Cruz County are closed after a car struck a power pole early this morning. The driver of a blazer struck the pole on the corner of Freedom Boulevard and Bowker Road at around 1 a.m., then crashed into a fence, before landing in a yard at a home on Bowker Road. The sheered power pole fell into another power pole causing a power outage affecting 926 customers initially. The vehicle, a tree, and part of the home caught fire as a result of the accident. Residents of the home were evacuated and the fire was quickly extinguished. P-G-and-E and A-T-and-T are on the scene working to re-erect the downed power poles. Meanwhile, Freedom Boulevard at Bowker Road remains closed. Freedom Boulevard from Buena Vista Road to Corralitos Road are also closed, and Bowker Road is closed north of Calabasas Road.

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