COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (KRDO) –

UPDATE at 17:41:

Electricity was restored to all residents.

Colorado Springs police told our photographer at the scene that the driver hit an “active switch” that caused the power to go out.

No one was taken to hospital as a result of the accident.

original article:

Colorado Springs Utilities says 795 homes are without power. Colorado Springs Police say they are responding to a car accident on N Academy Blvd where a truck crashed into a power pole and transformer and went into someone’s yard.

The outage occurred at 3:45 p.m. and CSU says it expects to have it fixed by 7:45 p.m.

Watch the outage Here.

KRDO13 is sending a photographer to the scene.