Maritime Electric reported by 11:30am on Monday that power had been restored to a large area of western PEI. Power was knocked out to more than 8,100 customers as a result of a motor vehicle accident. Prince District RCMP say it was a single vehicle crash into a power pole on Route 2 near Carleton at about 7 :45 a.m. Prince District RCMP, along with Albany Fire Department and Island EMS, attended the scene of the crash. The man driving the vehicle was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Alcohol and/or drugs are not believed to be a factor, and the investigation is still ongoing. Maritime Electric had estimated that it might take until noon to restore power.
Due to the outage, the Public Schools Branch advised there would be early dismissal for O’Leary Elementary, Hernewood Intermediate, Bloomfield Elementary, Westisle Composite High, Alberton Elementary, St. Louis Elementary, M.E. Callaghan Intermediate, and Tignish Elementary. The French Language School Board also decided on early dismissal for Ecole Pierre Chasson in Deblois.
